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A critical evaluation of current views regarding eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Clarifying points of confusion

EMDR is an active psychological treatment for PTSD that has received widely divergent reactions from the scientific and professional community. This article examines points of confusion in the published literature on EMDR, including the theoretical,…

Tags: Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

A critique of Lohr et al's (1998) review of EMDR and Lipke's commentary: Of messages and messengers

Our goals are as follows: (a) to propose what we believe is a reasonable context within which to evaluate data pertinent to EMDR; (b) to examine how the evidence fits within an evaluation of the more general treatment outcome literature on PTSD; (c)…

Tags: Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

A methodological critique of the current status of eye movement desensitization (EMD)

Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) has been recently advocated as a rapid treatment for the elimination of traumatic memories responsible for the maintenance of a number of anxiety disorders and their clinical correlates. Despite a limited conceptual…

Tags: EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, PTSD Assessment Instrument, Research Needs, Review

A systematic research synthesis of EMDR studies: Implementation of the platinum standard

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychological treatment method used primarily for people who have experienced trauma. This article provides a systematic research synthesis of EMDR studies targeting trauma symptomatology…

Tags: Criticism, Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional, PTSD, Review, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

As good as it seems? A review of EMDR experimental research

The article reviews 7 experimental studies that examined eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment. The 7 studies varied greatly in their complexity, their designs, how treatment effects were measured, and their results. Each…

Tags: Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD, Research Needs, Treatment Effectiveness

Comment on Greenwald (1996): The assessment of fidelity to the EMDR treatment protocol

Comments on R. Greenwald's (see record 83-27577) article in which he argues that fidelity to the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) protocol is the critical factor that determines whether a treatment outcome study will show that…

Tags: Letter, Methodology, Professional Criticism, Treatment Effectiveness

Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: A community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure

This pilot study compared the efficacy of two treatments for PTSD: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Prolonged Exposure (PE). Data were analyzed for 22 patients from a university-based clinic serving the outside community…

Tags: Empirical Study, Meta-Analysis, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Treatment Effectiveness

Control groups in psychotherapy research

Discusses the inferences that can be drawn from studies of psychotherapy effectiveness, based on the type of therapy control group that is used, with particular attention to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

Tags: Methodology, Psychotherapy, Treatment Effectiveness

Effect size and methodological rigor in EMDR: A reply to Lipke's (2001) comment

The author defends the conclusions regarding EMDR and the methodology used in his study of the distraction hypothesis for EMDR.

Tags: Criticism Reply, Exposure Therapy, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional, PTSD

Efficacy and methodology in studies evaluating EMDR treatment of PTSD

Tags: Efficacy, Methodology, Panel, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

EMDR treatment: Less than meets the eye

Examines EMDR and the experimental evidence surrounding it, which does not indicate that it is any more effective than other treatments for PTSD, despite its enthusiastic support.

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Female, Longitudinal Study, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Self Efficacy, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitisation processing for PTSD

The authors provide alternative methods for researching the efficacy of eye movement desensitization treatment.

Tags: Letter, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD, Research Needs

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the anxiety disorders: Clinical and research implications of an integrated psychotherapy treatment

Four recent, independent, rigorously controlled studies of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) have reported that 84 to 100% of single-trauma victims no longer maintain the posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis after the equivalent…

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Research Needs

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the anxiety disorders: Clinical and research implications of an integrated psychotherapy treatment

Four recent, independent, rigorously controlled studies of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) have reported that 84 to 100% of single trauma victims no longer maintain the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis after the…

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Research Needs, Review

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for speech anxiety

Tags: Methodology, Psychotherapy, Speech Anxiety, Speech Therapy, Treatment

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A critical review

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a new clinical treatment shown to be effective for victims of trauma. EMDR is a time efficient, comprehensive methodology backed by positive, controlled research, for the treatment of the…

Tags: Emotional Trauma, Literature Review, Methodology, Theories

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An analysis of specific versus nonspecific treatment factors

Incremental validity and incremental efficacy have become important issues in the evaluation of psychological assessment and intervention procedures. Incremental validity in assessment is that shown by novel measures over and above established ones.…

Tags: Literature Review, Methodology, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (1st Ed.)

This book reviews research and development; discusses theoretical constructs and possible underlying mechanisms; and presents protocols and procedures for treatment of adults and children with a range of complaints. Among the many clinical…

Tags: Abuse, Adult, Assessment, Child Abuse, Children, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Symptom, Incest, Methodology, Neurophysiology, Patient Selection, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Veterans

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (2nd Ed.)

This book reviews research and development; discusses theoretical constructs and possible underlying mechanisms; and presents protocols and procedures for treatment of adults and children with a range of complaints. Among the many clinical…

Tags: Adult, Assessment, Child Abuse, Children, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Symptom, Incest, Methodology, Neurophysiology, Patient Selection, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Veterans

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Some comments

Argues that the utility of EMDR as a treatment for PTSD and other disorders is not compromised because the technique is not grounded in established theory.

Tags: Letter, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD

How valid is eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing?

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), which combines the use of imaginal exposure with eye movement, has been proposed by its originator, F. Shapiro, as a prescriptive treatment for trauma-related anxiety. The authors question…

Tags: Eye Movements, Methodology, Statistical Validity

Know the why and how to choose your what: Some essentials of EMDR model and methodology

Paper 1 of 2: In its twenty-year history, EMDR has evolved a from a simple technique into an integrative psychotherapy approach with a theoretical model that emphasizes the brain's information processing system and memories of disturbing experiences…

Tags: Methodology

Psychological interventions for post-traumatic reactions in children and young people: A review of randomised controlled trials

Children exposed to a wide range of traumatic events suffer significant post-traumatic reactions. Randomised controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of interventions with traumatised children are described, the limitations of the current…

Tags: CBT, Children and Adolescents, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Literature Reviews, Methodology, Parents, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preschool Age Children, Psychotherapy, PTSD, RCT, School Age Children, Stressors, Survivors, Treatment Effectiveness

Browse Items (31 total)

A critical evaluation of current views regarding eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Clarifying points of confusion

A critique of Lohr et al's (1998) review of EMDR and Lipke's commentary: Of messages and messengers

A methodological critique of the current status of eye movement desensitization (EMD)

A systematic research synthesis of EMDR studies: Implementation of the platinum standard

As good as it seems? A review of EMDR experimental research

Comment on Greenwald (1996): The assessment of fidelity to the EMDR treatment protocol

Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: A community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure

Control groups in psychotherapy research

Effect size and methodological rigor in EMDR: A reply to Lipke's (2001) comment

Efficacy and methodology in studies evaluating EMDR treatment of PTSD

EMDR treatment: Less than meets the eye

Eye movement desensitisation processing for PTSD

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the anxiety disorders: Clinical and research implications of an integrated psychotherapy treatment

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the anxiety disorders: Clinical and research implications of an integrated psychotherapy treatment

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for speech anxiety

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A critical review

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An analysis of specific versus nonspecific treatment factors

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (1st Ed.)

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (2nd Ed.)

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Some comments

How valid is eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing?

Know the why and how to choose your what: Some essentials of EMDR model and methodology

Psychological interventions for post-traumatic reactions in children and young people: A review of randomised controlled trials

Relationship between efficacy and methodology in the treatment of PTSD with EMDR

Response to “Comment on Hembree and Foa (2003)”

Some answers to unanswered questions about the empirical support for EMDR in the treatment of PTSD

Specific and nonspecific treatment factors in the experimental analysis of behavioral treatment efficacy

The empirical status of the clinical application of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

The influence of methodological variables on outcome in psychotherapy research

The relationship between efficacy and methodology in studies investigating EMDR treatment of PTSD

Treatment fidelity and research on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)