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"It feels like the first time:" The use and implications of a chronological approach for treatment of multiple traumas with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

This study was undertaken to determine if mental health clinicians employ a chronological approach to organizing the treatment of multiple traumas while using the EMDR modality. Secondly, the opinions of these therapists were mined to see if they…

Tags: Chronological Approach, Multiple Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment

“Desensitization” therapies show promise for treating PTSD and psychosis

Medscape Medical News summarized that "those who received PE or EMDR for 8 weeks had a greater reduction in trauma symptoms and were more likely to achieve 'loss of diagnosis' compared with wait-listed participants. In addition, the PE group was more…

Tags: PE, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD

“Fanget av hverdagens krav”: En kvalitativ studie av terapeuters opplevde barrierer for bruk av behandlingsmetodene EMDR og CT-PTSD for posttraumatisk stresslidelse hos voksne"Trapped by the demands of everyday life": A qualitative study of therapists' perceived barriers to using the treatment methods EMDR and CT-PTSD for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults

MetodeVi har gjennomført semistrukturerte kvalitative intervjuer av 11 terapeuter som jobber i spesialisthelsetjenesten, hovedsakelig på allmennpsykiatrisk poliklinikk på DPS. Terapeutene ble rekruttert på bakgrunn av manglende rapportert bruk av…

Tags: Adults, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Qualitative Study, Therapist Difficulty

فراجمجمه‌ای (tDCS) با حساسیت‌زدایی حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد (EMDR) بر اختلال استرس پس از ضربه (PTSD) مزمن Comparing the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

زمینه و هدف: تحریک الکتریکی جریان مسقیم فراجمجمه‌ای (tDCS) یک روش درمانی غیرتهاجمی است. هدف این پژوهش تعیین اثربخشی tDCS و مقایسه آن با حساسیت‌زدایی حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد (EMDR) بر کاهش نشانه‌های اختلال استرس پس از ضربه (PTSD) بود.روش‌ها: پژوهش…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, tDCS, Transcranial Direct Current Electric Stimulation

Dessensibilização e reprocessamento por movimentos oculares (EMDR) para transtorno de estresse pós- traumático: Uma revisão sistemática Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review

A Dessensibilização e Reprocessamento Através de Movimentos Oculares (Eye Movement Desensitization andReprocessing - EMDR) é um meio de tratamento paraTranstorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT). Esta técnica se baseia em uma ativação das memórias…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Systematic Reviews

EMDR in der psychotherapie der PTBS: Traumatherapie praktisch umsetzenEMDR in psychotherapy of PTSD: Trauma practically implement

Tags: Evidence-Based Practice, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Trauma

EMDR therapy: Why looking left-to-right repeatedly could banish traumatic memories

Dr Robin Logie, chartered clinical psychologist and former president of the EMDR Association in the UK and Ireland, explained to the Mail Online that moving your eyes helps to reduce a person's emotional reaction to an event.

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Robin Logie

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A new method in the treatment of performance anxiety for singers

The purpose of this thesis is to provide information and exposure for EMDR therapy as it relates to performance anxiety in singers and other musicians. Since EMDR therapy is a relatively new approach to relieving issues of anxiety, this thesis…

Tags: Bilateral Brain Stimulation, Brain Stimulation, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Trauma, Eye Movements, Mental Health, Musician, Performance Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Singers, Stress, Syndrome, Trauma

بررسی اثربخشی حساسیت زدایی از طریق حرکات تعقیبی چشم بر علائم اختلال استرس پس از سانحه جانبازان مرد Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among male veterans

در میان جانبازان شیوع بالایی دارد، از سوی دیگر، (PTSD) مقدمه: با توجه به اینکه میزان اختلال استرس پس از سانحه این اختلال مشکلات عدی د های برای جانبازان و خانوا ده ها ایجاد م یکند، بر علائم (EMDR) هدف: هدف پژوهش حاضر تعیین تأثیر روش درمان حساسیت زدایی…

Tags: Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Veterans

مقایسه اثربخشی‌روش درمانی‌حساسیت زدایی‌از طریق حرکات چشم و پردازش مجدد با مواجهه درمانی‌طولانی‌مدت بر نشانه های‌تأثیر واقعه رزمندگان مبتلا به اختلال استرس پس از ضربه مزمنComparing the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy with prolonged exposure therapy on the trauma impact symptoms in veterans suffering from chronic PTSD

چکیده زمینه و هدف: اختلال استرس پس از ضربه به عنوان مجموعه علایمی ‌توصیف می‌شوند که پس از آن که شخص رویداد آسیب‌زایی‌ را مشاهده می‌کند، می‌شنود و یا درگیر آن می‌شود، به وجود می‌آیند. هدف این مطالعه مقایسه اثر بخشی‌حساسیت‌زدایی‌از طریق حرکات چشم و…

Tags: PE, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD, Veterans

Modifiche morfo-volumetriche dopo trattamento EMDR in pazienti drug-naïve affetti da DPTSMorphovolumetric changes after EMDR treatment in drug-sensitive PTSD patients

Introduzione: Esistono pochi studi che hanno indagato gli effetti di una psicoterapia ritenuta efficace sulle alterazioni strutturali delle regioni cerebrali associate al disturbo da stress post-traumatico (PTSD). Ci siamo, pertanto, proposti di…

Tags: Morphovolumetric Changes, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

L'EMDREMDR

L’un des points forts de l’EMDR est qu’il est particulièrement efficace et validé dans le traitement du syndrome de stress post-traumatique. L’EMDR peut également répondre aux besoins d’un grand nombre de patients atteints de de dépression,…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

1. Eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) therapy vs treatment as usual for PTSD in adults with psychosis mental illness within secure care: A randomized controlled trial 2. Eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) therapy – qualitative paper

1. Background: In forensic settings, some of the those most likely to have experienced trauma are usually excluded from clinical trials of trauma-focused psychological therapies like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. There…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychosis, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT

12-month follow-up of intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD combining prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR and physical activity

Background Preliminary evidence shows promising treatment outcomes at short-term follow-up for intensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, but long-term follow-up studies are sparse. This study is a sequel to a previous pilot study and…

Tags: Brief EMDR, Concentrated EMDR, Intensive EMDR, Long-Term Follow-Up, Massed, PE, Physical Activity, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD, Trauma

3 controlled trials for PTSD: PE compared to 1) EMDR; 2) CPT; and 3) CR and CR + PE

3 CONTROLLED TRIALS FOR PTSD: PE COMPARED TO 1) EMDR; 2) CPT; AND 3) CR Chair: Barbara O. Rothbaum, Emory University School of Medicine, Psychiatry; Discussant: Terence M. Keane, Boston VA Medical Center Three randomized controlled trials treating…

Tags: Cognitive Processing Therapy, CPT, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD

3.DVによるPTSD患者に対するEMDR適用の試み(第25回日本心身医学会中国・四国地方会演題抄録) 3. Application of EMDR for PTSD patients by domestic violence

Tags: Poster, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A biologically inspired neural network model to gain insight into the mechanisms of post-traumatic stress disorder and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a well established therapeutic method to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, how EMDR exerts its therapeutic action has been studied in many researches but still needs…

Tags: Amygdala, Computational Modeling, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD

A case of Asperger syndrome with comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and selective mutism: Significant remission with the combination of aripiprazole and eye movement desensitization and processing

Tags: Aripiprazole, Asperger's Disorder, Letter, Mutism, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A case study of complex PTSD exploring the use of EMDR and medication: The psychobiology of a traumatic incident

Tags: Medication, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychobiology, PTSD, Trauma

A case study: The integration of intensive EMDR and ego state therapy to treat comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety

This study used a quantitative, single-case study design to examine the effectiveness of the integration of intensive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and ego state therapy for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Ego State Therapy, Evidence-Based Practice, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A clinician’s guide to PTSD treatments for returning veterans

What options are available to mental health providers helping clients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? In this paper we review many of the current pharmacological and psychological interventions available to help prevent and treat PTSD with…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, PTSD

A cognitive neuroscience account of posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatment

Recent research in the areas of animal conditioning, the neural systems underlying emotion and memory, and the effect of fear on these systems is reviewed. This evidence points to an important distinction between hippocampally-dependent and…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review

A comparative experimental treatment outcome study: Female survivors of sexual assault suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and trauma-related guilt – self-report and psychophysiological measures

Diverse psychotherapeutic approaches for treating trauma-related sequelae have emerged over the last several decades in response to the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and resultant posttraumatic stress disorder among women (PTSD). In a…

Tags: Depression, Guilt, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Sexual Assault, Survivor

A comparative study of EMDR and prolonged exposure for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Does interoception moderate differences in symptom reduction?

This study aims to compare the efficacy and efficiency of EMDR and prolonged exposure (PE) in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Both interventions are standardized treatments for PTSD, however, each intervention’s…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD, Research Proposal, Sympton Reduction

A comparison between EMDR and exposure for treating PTSD: A single-subject analysis

The intent of this study is to use a single-subject analysis to compare the efficacy of EMDR to imaginal exposure for the treatment of PTSD. More specifically, this study compared exposure and EMDR for treating symptoms associated with the traumatic…

Tags: Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A comparison of CBT and EMDR for sexually abused Iranian girls

14 randomly assigned Iranian girls ages 12-13 years who had been sexually abused received up to 12 sessions of CBT or EMDR treatment. Assessment of post-traumatic stress symptoms and problem behaviours was completed at pre-treatment and 2 weeks…

Tags: Brief Psychotherapy, CBT, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Elementary School Student, Empirical Study, Female, Incest, Iranians, Manual-Based Treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preadolescents, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A comparison of eye movement desensitization and implosion-like therapy with adult victims of sexual abuse

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a recently developed technique that has been reported in the literature to be effective in treating many of the symptoms associated with PTSD. This study investigated the role of saccadic eye movements…

Tags: Adult, Arousal, Child Abuse, EMD, Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A comparison of post traumatic stress disorder treatment modalities for adolescents

The purpose of this study was to explore treatment modalities for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for adolescents. This study examined current research on the treatment of PTSD by analyzing the content of books and articles written within the…

Tags: Adolescents, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A comparison of three treatments for traumas in a high crime neighborhood

Trauma occurs at a greater rate in low SES high crime areas and there is an urgent need for brief treatments as there are limited resources. Our study was conducted to test the efficacy of three brief (4 session) treatments: individually administered…

Tags: Crime Area, PFA, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological First Aid, PTSD, SMT, Stress Management Therapy

A comparison study of EMDR and exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder: A single-subject design

Exposure has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of PTSD. Recent claims have been made regarding the comparative and perhaps even superior efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD.The comparative effectiveness was tested using two…

Tags: Adult, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A conceptual framework for treating traumatic memories and its application to EMDR

With burgeoning interest in trauma has come a proliferation of interventions for the treatment of intrusive memories. At this stage of development, uniformity of clinical practice in the trauma field is neither possible nor desirable. The literature…

Tags: Hallucination, Intrusive Thought, Memory Impairment, Neurophysiology, Professional Criticism, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

A controlled comparison of EMDR and CBT for children and adolescents exposed to the Enschede fireworks disaster in the Netherlands

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 and Adolescents, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Controlled Comparisons, Enschede Fireworks Disaster, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Symposium, The Netherlands

A controlled comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring versus waiting list in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

A total of 105 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly allocated to eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (n = 39) versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring (E + CR) (n = 37) versus waiting list (WL) (n =…

Tags: Adult, Brief Psychotherapy, British, Cognitive Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A controlled comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring, versus waiting list in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder

A total of 105 patients with PTSD were randomly allocated to eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (n = 39) versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring (E + CR) (n = 37) versus waiting list (WL) (n = 29) in a primary care setting.…

Tags: Adult, Brief Psychotherapy, British, Cognitive Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A controlled comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of two psychological therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing vs. emotional freedom techniques

The present study reports on the first ever controlled comparison between eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and emotional freedom techniques (EFT) for posttraumatic stress disorder. A total of 46 participants were randomized to…

Tags: EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A controlled study of EMDR for PTSD

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A controlled study of EMDR for PTSD rape victims

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new technique developed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Treatment

A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new method developed to treat PTSD. This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims. 21…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A controlled study of eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR): Treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A critical analysis of approaches to targeted PTSD prevention: Current status and theoretically derived future directions

Although efforts to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have met with relatively limited success, theoretically driven preventive approaches with promising efficacy are emerging. The current article critically reviews investigations of PTSD…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prevention, PTSD, Risk, Trauma

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 demonstration of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) for trauma by Francine Shapiro

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), is a complex treatment approach that combines salient elements of the major therapeutic schools (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, physiological, and interactional). EMDR is based on the…

Tags: Demonstration, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A faster way to treat post-traumatic stress

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A first exploration: Can eye movement desensitization and reprocessing improve cognition in older adults with posttraumatic stress disorder?

Objectives In older adults, PTSD is associated with decreased verbal learning and executive dysfunction. Therefore, feasibility of EMDR-treatment to improve cognitive performance in older adults with PTSD was examined. Additionally, we investigated…

Tags: Adults, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A five-day inpatient EMDR treatment programme for PTSD: Pilot study为期5天的住院病人的用EMDR 治疗PTSD程序：一个试研究Un programa de tratamiento EMDR para el TEPT de 5 días para pacientes hospitalizados: Estudio piloto

Background: Trauma-focused psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been demonstrated to be efficacious, but also have considerable non-response and dropout rates. Intensive treatment may lead to faster symptom reduction, which…

Tags: Feasibility Study, Intensive Treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preliminary Effect, PTSD, Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy, Yoga

A flash of hope: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a specific treatment modality that utilizes bilateral stimulation to help individuals who have experienced trauma. This stimulation can occur in a variety of forms, including left-right eye…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, PTSD, Trauma

A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on post-traumatic stress disorder car accident patients: A pilot study

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a novel therapy that has been effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Few studies have explored the neurological underpinnings of EMDR effectiveness. Utilizing a…

Tags: Car Accident, fMRI, Pilot Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A group intervention program for children living in the Maramara region of Turkey, three years after the earthquake

Tags: Children, Earthquakes, Marmara, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Recent Event, Turkey

A guide to the literature on psychotherapy for PTSD

1. Identify empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).2. Explain how methodological issues impact psychotherapy trials.3. Describe PTSD treatments for which there is growing evidence.

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment

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