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Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of eye movement desensitization reprocessing on addiction cravings in adults with substance use disorder: Pilot study

Addiction is a pervasive health and economic issue in the United States. Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured and client-centered intervention that can be a useful addition to a comprehensive treatment plan for clients…

Tags: Addiction, Adult, Craving, Substance Use Disorder

Treatment of alcohol use disorder with adjunctive addiction-focused EMDR: A feasibility study

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment presents a serious challenge. While there are evidence-based treatment options available, there is still a substantial group of treatment-seeking patients who do not complete regular AUD treatment. In addition,…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Feasibility, Multiple Baseline Design, Relapse

EMDR therapy reduces intense treatment-resistant cravings in a case of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid addiction

This article presents the first experiences of using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to aid in the treatment of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) dependency. A case presented itself as a result of intense,…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid, GHB, Treatment Resistance, Working Memory

Are addiction-related memories malleable by working memory competition? Transient effects on memory vividness and nicotine craving in a randomized lab experiment

Background and objectives: Experimental research suggests that working memory (WM) taxation reduces craving momentarily. Using a modified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) procedure, prolonged reductions in craving and relapse…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Eye Movements, Nicotine, Working Memory Taxation

Desensitizing addiction: Using eye movements to reduce the intensity of substance-related mental imagery and craving

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. During this treatment, patients recall traumatic memories while making horizontal eye movements (EM). Studies have shown that EM not…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Eye Movements, Mental Imagery

A multi-site randomized study to compare the effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) added to TAU versus TAU to reduce craving and drinking behavior in alcohol dependent outpatients: Study protocol

Background: Addiction constitutes a major public health problem, and despite treatment, relapse rates remain very high. Preliminary findings suggest that Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based treatment for PTSD, may…

Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Craving, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Study Protocol, Working Memory

Targeting craving – The effect of EMDR on craving and smoking behaviour of daily smokers – A proof of concept study

Background and objectives: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. Research suggests that it may aid addiction treatment. An experiment was conducted to determine effects of EMDR on cigarette…

Tags: Craving, Smoking, Symposium

De effectiviteit van oogbewegingen bij vermindering van craving naar voedsel The effectiveness of eye movements in reducing craving for food

Craving vormt de kern van instandhouding van verslaving en mentale beeldvorming behelst een groot deel van craving. In dit onderzoek werd craving naar voedsel opgewekt door de mentale beeldvorming van het favoriete voedsel. Het effect van…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Food Craving

Onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van oogbewegingen om de craving te verminderen bij rookverslaving Research into the effectiveness of eye movements to reduce the craving in smoking addiction

Roken vormt wereldwijd de meest te voorkomen doodsoorzaak (Vleeming, Rambali & Opperhuizen, 2002; van Zundert, 2011). Het is belangrijk om nieuwe effectieve behandelingen te ontwikkelen voor rookverslaving, omdat goede behandelingen voor het…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Smoking, Tobacco

The effect of eye movements on craving, pleasantness and vividness in smokers

The presence of craving is an important factor in continuing smoking. Following the Elaborated Intrusion (EI) theory of Desire, craving is effective through the formation of smoking-related mental images. In the current study, craving was generated…

Tags: Craving, EI-Theory, Eye Movements, Smoking

EMDR bij craving: “Wanneer het verlangen verwoestend is" EMDR in craving: "If the desire is devastating"

- Wat is craving (diverse aspecten) - werkingsmechanisme EMDR bij craving (+ verwijzing wetenschappelijk onderzoek) - Hase-protocol + Nederlandse aanpassing en varianten - illustratie met voorbeelden en videomateriaal- What is craving (various…

Tags: Craving

CravEx: An EMDR approach to treat substance abuse and addiction

Thirty years of addiction research have provided sufficient evidence for the crucial role of memory in drug dependency. The addiction memory (AM) serves as a useful concept for obsessive-compulsive craving to be seen in drug addicted patients…

Tags: Addiction, Comorbidity, CravEx, Craving, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Memory, Protocol, Psychotherapeutic Technique, Substance Abuse

EMDR reprocessing of the addiction memory: Pretreatment, posttreatment, and 1-month follow-up

This randomized controlled study investigated the effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of alcohol dependency. EMDR was applied to reprocess the addiction memory (AM) in chronically dependent patients. The…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Addiction Memory, Craving, TAU, Treatment, Treatment As Usual

DeTUR, an urge reduction protocol for addictions and dysfunctional behaviors

The Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing (DeTUR) model and the theories involved are based on experience from personal client observation and anecdotal reports received from other therapists using this same protocol. It is an eclectic…

Tags: Addiction, Behavior Problems, Behavior Therapy, Bilateral Stimulation, Compulsion, Craving, Desensitization of Triggers, DeTur, Dysfunctional Behaviors, Information Processing, Psychotherapeutic Technique, Urge Reduction Protocol

The feeling-state theory of compulsions and cravings and decreasing compulsions and cravings using an eye movement protocol

Compulsions and cravings such as gambling and sex compulsions have been the subject of behavioral and psychodynamic treatment. This study formulates a new theory of compulsions and cravings, called the Feeling-State Theory of Compulsions, and…

Tags: Compulsion, Craving, Empirical Study, Eye Movements, Pathological Gambling

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