안구운동 둔감화 및 재처리(eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: EMDR)와 지속노출치료(prolonged exposure therapy: PE)는 외상후 스트레스 장애(posttraumatic stress disorder: PTSD)를 대상으로 한 많은 연구를 통해 치료효능이 입증되어왔다. EMDR에서 양측성 자극, 특히 안구운동은 외상적 기억의 처리를 촉진하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 심상노출은…
Background and objectives: A plethora of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) analogue studies has shown that, in the short term, making eye movements (EM) during brief imaginal exposure (“recall + EM”) blurs memories more than just…
Sammendrag Problemområde: Det er gjort begrenset forskning på bruken av de kreative art-terapiene, når det gjelder barn med PTSD (Goodman, Chapman & Gant (2009). Foreløpig finnes det kun en randomisert kontrollert studie (Chapman, Morabito,…
This research brief summarizes a study conducted by van Minnen, A., Hendriks, L. & Olff, M. (2010): When do trauma experts choose exposure therapy for PTSD patients? A controlled study of therapist and patient factors (Behavior Research and…
Background & Aims: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is considered as one of the most prevalent disorder during the life time and can negatively influence the individual, family and social relationships of patients, so, prevention and…
This case discussion will examine the intervention of EMDR (Shapiro, 1989), Prolonged Exposure (Foa, Rothbaum, Riggs & Murdock, 1990), and the Counting Method (Ochberg, 1996) on three adult female patients with PTSD symptoms. A recent treatment…
Objectives. Intrusive memories of extreme trauma can disrupt a stepwise approach to imaginal exposure. Concurrent tasks that load the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory reduce the vividness of recalled images. This study tested whether…
A single-case analysis was used to assess the effects of imaginal exposure in a 57-year-old woman suffering from current and reactivated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a transient ischemic attack. The client’s responses to…
School refusal behavior is defined as a child-motivated refusal to attend school, or difficulties remaining in school for the entire day. As a heterogeneous condition, it can encompass aspects of phobic-type responses or separation anxiety disorder.…
A study is described comparing Prolonged Exposure, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and the Counting Method with 51 multiply-traumatized women. Measures of PTSD were significantly reduced by all three methods, but differences among the…
