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Cognitive therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for reducing psychopathology among disaster-bereaved individuals: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Background: Confrontation with a traumatic loss (e.g., disaster-related loss) is a risk factor for the development of psychopathology, including symptoms of prolonged grief (PG), posttraumatic stress (PTS), and depression. Although interventions have…

Tags: Bereavement, Disaster, Grief, Psychopathology, Stress, Treatment

Psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents after man-made and natural disasters: A meta-analysis and systematic review

Children and adolescents are a vulnerable group to develop post-traumatic stress symptoms after natural or man-made disasters. In the light of increasing numbers of refugees under the age of 18 years worldwide, there is a significant need for…

Tags: Children and Adolescents, Disaster, Intevention, Meta-Analysis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Systematic Review

Trauma-aid, humanitarian assistance program Germany

Trauma-Aid Germany was founded in 2002 by dedicated eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapists to help people traumatized by calamities, disaster, or violence to overcome the psychological consequences and regain emotional…

Tags: Disaster, Humanitarian Assistance Programs, Therapist Training, Trauma-Aid Germany

EMDR for the co-occurring population

In my experience, EMDR is the fastest, most effective and least intrusive way to help clients release trauma, regardless of whether it stems from childhood abuse, sexual abuse or assault, accidents, disasters or combat, and regardless of whether it…

Tags: Addiction, Disaster, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Trauma

震災後の子どもに対する心理支援 ―教師と支援者のための電子メール相談とキャンプを通して― Psychological supports for children after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake in 2011: Through consultations for teachers and school counselors by email and psychological aid camp for children

地震、津波、2011年3月11日に福島原子力発電所の爆発の後、私は教師と子どもの心のケアのために働くことができるカウンセラーをサポートするために、2チームを組織した。…

Tags: Camp, Children, Disaster, Email Consultation, Mental Health, Teacher

Mental health interventions for children exposed to disasters and terrorism

Objective: The purpose of this review is to describe interventions used with children who are exposed to disasters and terrorism and to present information about the potential benefits of these interventions. Methods: A literature search conducted in…

Tags: Children, Disaster, Terrorism

EMDR immediate emergency treatment for manmade and natural disasters

EMDR is a well-established therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can be reduced or prevented if treated during the first month after a trauma when a person displays Acute Stress Disorder (ASD). Although usually used…

Tags: Disaster, Emergency Response Procedure, ERP, Extreme Stress, Silent Terror

EMDR: Immediate emergency treatment for manmade and natural disasters

EMDR is a well-established therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can be reduced or prevented if treated during the first month after a trauma when a person displays Acute Stress Disorder (ASD). Although usually used…

Tags: Disaster, Emergency Treatment

Implementing EMDR early mental health interventions for man-made and natural disasters: Models, scripted protocols, and summary sheets

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. It is a set of standardized protocols incorporating elements from many different…

Tags: Disaster, Early Interventions, Scripted Protocol, Summary Sheet

Building sustainable mental health services in war-torn and disaster-affected areas

The after effects of trauma can be transmitted across generations, resulting in ongoing cycles of violence and pain that affect individuals, families and societies. For those people and organizations working in countries in need of significant…

Tags: Disaster, War

El desastre después del desastre: ¿Ya pasó lo peor? Disaster after disaster: Is the worst over?

Durante y después de un desastre, el trauma psicológico es una consecuencia de las multifacéticas situaciones que viven individuos y comunidades. El modelo que se presenta a continuación, nos da una visión general del amplio espectro de los…

Tags: Complex Trauma, Disaster, Management of Critical Incident Stress

Panel HAP – Desastres y Ayuda Humanitaria EMDR in disasters - Disasters and humanitarian help

El panel hablará de las distintas intervenciones con EMDR usadas en situaciones de catástrofe alrededor del mundo.The panel will discuss the various interventions EMDR used in disaster situations around the world.

Tags: Disaster, HAP, Humanitarian Assistance Programs, Humanitarian Effort, Panel Discussion

Protocolo grupal e integrativo con EMDR Group protocol integrated with EMDR

Objetivos de aprendizaje: • Este Protocolo fue creado para responder a las enormes necesidades de atención en salud mental que siguieron al huracán Paulina en 1997. Desde esa fecha hasta la actualidad, se ha aplicado tanto en desastres naturales como…

Tags: Disaster, Group Protocol

Psychology for humanity

Poster outlines the work accomplished by the Brazilian Association of Psycholgical Humanitarian Aid Program

Tags: Brazil, Disaster, Humanitarian Assistance, Poster

災害被災者への支援本多正道 Supporting disaster victims

Tags: Disaster, Victims

EMDR y ayuda humanitaria para las victimas de catástrofes de Santa Catarina EMDR humanitarian aid for victims of disasters of Santa Catarina

Tags: Disaster, Humanitarian Aid, Santa Catarina, Victims

Lack of PTSD specialists in Japan raises worries about a mental health crisis

Commonly practiced in Europe and the United States, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is said to help patients work through traumatic memories. During treatment, a patient recalls an experience while the therapist waves his…

Tags: Disaster, Earthquakes, Japan, Tsunami

A randomised comparison of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) in disaster-exposed children

Background: Building on previous research with disaster-exposed children and adolescents, a randomised clinical trial was performed in the treatment of trauma-related symptoms. In the current study two active treatments were compared among children…

Tags: CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Disaster, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT

Intervención en catástrofes. Un modelo integrativo con EMDR Intervention in disasters. An integrative model with EMDR

Tags: Disaster

EMDR y ayuda humanitaria para las victimas de catástrofes de Santa Catarina EMDR and humanitarian aid for victims of disasters of Santa Catarina

Tags: Children, Disaster, Humanatarian Aid, Santa Catarina

La experiencia de trabajar con el protocolo integrante del grupo con grupos de niños en los desastres The experience of working with the protocol team member with groups of children in disasters

Trabajo con grupos de niños en Institución Social - PGI- EMDR; Trauma infantil y EMDR, Psicodrama. La articulación del trabajo metodológico en el psicodrama y EMDR, en el procesamiento del trauma de parto y fobias múltiples durante la formación de la…

Tags: Birth Trauma, Children, Disaster, Psychodrama

Trauma centered psychotherapy and EMDR in a humanitarian mass disaster: Evaluating the ACEH experience

In a project carried out by Trauma Aid-HAP Germany between 2007 and 2009 and sponsored by Terre des Hommes and the German Official Development Assistance more than 3200 adult and child clients were treated for mental disorders related to traumatic…

Tags: Aceh Project, Disaster, Keynote, Plenary

Disaster, crisis and trauma psychology: Meeting the needs of children and adolescents

This presentation will summarise the work undertaken by the Standing Committee and describe the developments in Disaster, Crisis and Trauma Psychology as they relate to children and adolescents. Post Traumatic Stress Reactions are now well described…

Tags: Children and Adolescents, Crisis, Disaster, Trauma

Advanced treatment of dissociation, personality disorders, couple and disaster survivors

Tags: Couples, Disaster, Dissociation, Personality Disorder

De behandeling van traumagerelateerde klachten na rampen en mogelijke dilemma’s The treatment of trauma-related complaints after disasters and possible dilemmas.

Dit artikel geeft de kenmerken van de trauma-gerelateerde klachten die mensen kan laten zien na blootstelling aan rampen. Verschillende criteria en de bijbehorende dilemma's met betrekking tot de beslissing over de noodzaak van een behandeling worden…

Tags: Complaint, Disaster, Symptoms

A written workbook for individual or group EMDR

Early group EMDR intervention following trauma may facilitate adaptive processing of traumatic event (s) and help prevent consolidation of traumatic memories following large-scale natural or man-made disaster. Group EMDR may also be usefully applied…

Tags: Disaster, Early Group EMDR Intervention, Individual EMDR, Journalling, Trauma, Written Workbook

EMDR for mining and related trauma: The underground trauma protocol

The author has been providing EMDR to traumatized miners since 1993. As with other specialized client groups, the Single Trauma (STP) and Recent Trauma Protocol (RTP) have required modifications. The author has collated the modifications made, and…

Tags: Bombings, Disaster, Mining Trauma, Protocol, Psychotherapeutic Technique, Underground Trauma Protocol

Early interventions following disasters – A place for EMDR and trauma therapy?

Considerable professional debate exists regarding the role of mental health professionals in the early intervention following disasters. Emotional first aid is a natural part of disaster response in western countries, while the active involvement of…

Tags: Disaster, Early Interventions

Self-help methods, EMDR and trauma therapy following disasters

The time of an expert “treating” a passive victim has passed, and people are searching for ways that they can influence their own path to recovery following traumatic events. There is a general move towards empowerment for individuals and groups…

Tags: Disaster, Trauma Therapy

EMDR vs. CBT for disaster-exposed children: A controlled study

In May 2000 a firework depot exploded in the city of Enschede (The Netherlands), leaving 22 people dead, 947 injured, more than 500 houses destroyed, and about 1500 houses significantly damaged. In total 4,163 people were affected, including many…

Tags: CBT, Children, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Disaster

Helping children and families recover: The role of EMDR therapy in the aftermath of disaster and traumatic events

Children are often caught up in traumatic situations which are be)cond their control and in which they experience overwhelming helplessness and a sense of abandonment. Their lives become severely disrupted ard may even change completely. Helping…

Tags: Children, Disaster, Family, Trauma

Hilfen für opfer von katastrophen und gezielter gewalt ein konzept zur psychotraumatologischen versorgung Relief for victims of disasters and school violence: A concept for psycho-traumatolocical aftercare

Die vorliegende Arbeit zur psychotraumatologischen Versorgung von Katastrophenopfern ist aus der praktischen therapeutischen Arbeit des Autors mit Traumatisierten und Felderfahrungen im Bereich von Großschadensbetreuungen der vergangenen 17 Jahre…

Tags: Catastrophe After Care, Disaster, Disaster Response, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological First Aid, PTSD, SBK, School Violence, Seven-Step Treatment Program

Disaster in Buffalo and the case for a trauma recovery

A commuter plane out of Newark crashed late in the evening of February 12th as it approached the Buffalo airport, killing all 49 onboard, as well as a resident of Clarence, New Yrok, when the flight came to a fiery end in a residential neighborhood.…

Tags: Buffalo, Disaster, HAP

EMDR as an early itervention in trauma and disaster mental health

Summarizes a presentation discussing EMDR as an early intervention in trauma and disaster mental health. EMDR is one of the more effective preventative approaches to the effects of disaster and trauma which has emerged over the past ten years. This…

Tags: Disaster, Evaluation, Intervention, Mental Health, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prevention, Risk Factor, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness

Somatic experiencing treatment with tsunami survivors in Thailand: Broadening the scope of early intervention

This exploratory study examines the treatment effects of brief (1 to 2 sessions) Somatic Experiencing with 53 adult and child survivors of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Somatic Experiencing’s early-intervention model, now called Trauma First Aide,…

Tags: Brief Treatment, Cross-Cultural Research, Disaster, Integrative Treatment, Mind-Body Connection, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma First Aid, Tsunami

Applying EMDR for tsunami survivors with severe PTSD in a disaster region with minimum mental health facilities

Tsunami that hit Aceh on the 26th of December 2004 taken approximately 150,000 lives has changed the region into a devastated area. Although health services and facilities had been re-established and some NGOs started delivering psychosocial and…

Tags: Disaster, Poster, Tsunami

Disaster response: EMDR and family systems therapy under communitywide stress

Disaster is commonly understood as an overwhelming misfortune that is not easily overcome or set right. Though our lives may go on after a disaster, it is virtually certain that they will have been transformed in some profound way. Nevertheless, it…

Tags: Disaster, Disaster Response, Emotional Trauma, Family Systems Therapy, Family Therapy, Post Disaster Psychotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Society, Stress, Therapy Process

EMDR after a critical incident: Treatment of a tsunami survivor with acute posttraumatic stress disorder

Research indicates that EMDR is effective for the treatment of PTSD, with numerous studies showing a high percentage of symptom remission after 3 sessions. The case of a tsunami survivor with acute PTSD is presented. Treatment for overt trauma…

Tags: Adult, Brief Psychotherapy, Case Study, Critical Incident, Disaster, Disaster-Response, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Italians, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Recent Event, Survivor, Trauma, Tsunami

Trauma, research, and EMDR: A disaster responder's wish list

Disasters, both natural and "man-made", affect a large portion of the Earth's population and can be expected to increase in intensity over the coming decades. The impact of disasters on mental health of affected populations is substantial and likely…

Tags: Disaster, Disaster-Response, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Trauma

Combating tsunami disaster through EMDR

After the 2004 tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka, many citizens experienced severe psychological reactions. The effectiveness of EMDR is illustrated in the treatment of 7 of these individuals: 3 children and 2 adults with PTSD symptoms and 2 adults…

Tags: Adult, Children, Disaster, Recent Event, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunami

An empirical evaluation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with survivors of a natural disaster

Controlled studies of treatments effective with victims of natural disasters are almost nonexistent. This is a small study conducted under difficult conditions to test the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Disaster, Effects, Empirical Study, Hurrican Andrew, Hurricane, Longitudinal Study, Non-Randomized Study, Survivor, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness

Disasters, crime leave their marks on survivors

"There are some new treatment approaches that can shorten the amount of time some of these people have to spend in therapy," Patterson said. "One of these is known as EMDR -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. It is effective." The…

Tags: Crime, Disaster

EMDR/ego state work in trauma response situations: Working with survivors of the WTC 9/11 tragedy

Therapists who respond to massive trauma find that some clients (i.e., people who escaped the WTC Towers, rescue workers, firefighters, and those who have lost family members) may be triggered into reexperiencing earlier traumas and may present with…

Tags: 9/11, Disaster, Ego State Therapy, Survivor, World Trade Center, WTC

Brief treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A field study

Effective psychological intervention is needed to help children recover from disaster-related PTSD. This controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief intervention for disaster-related PTSD. At one-year follow-up of a prior intervention for…

Tags: Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Treatment, Disaster, Elementary School Student, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, Health Care Utilization, Hurricane Iniki, Hurricanes, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, School Age Children, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Victim Services

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