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What is the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A review

Background: Controversy continues to exist regarding how EMDR works and whether its mechanisms differ from those at work in standard exposure techniques. Aims: To investigate first whether eye movement bilateral stimulation is an essential component…

Tags: Components of Therapy, Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Theoretical Support

Use of eye movement to reduce stress after trauma

In 1987 an accidental discovery revealed an association between certain eye movements and reduced levels of distress resulting from traumatic memories. The result was a new psychological intervention, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing…

Tags: Adult, British, Industrial Accidents, Personal Narrative, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychologist, PTSD, Review, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Treatment of specific phobias with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Protocol, empirical status, and conceptual issues

This paper considers the current empirical status of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment method for specific phobias, along with some conceptual and practical issues in relation to its use. Both uncontrolled and…

Tags: Literature Review, Phobias, Review, Treatment Effectiveness

Traumatherapie mit der fingerspitze: Die liberraschenden erfolge der EMDR-methode Psychotherapeutic treatment of traumatic stress with the EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing method)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) ist eine Methode, am Ende der achtziger Jahre entwickelt, für die Behandlung der posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTSD). Der Patient wird aufgefordert, zu bestimmten Aspekt der traumatischen…

Tags: Review

The wreathing protocol: The imbrication of hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder and other dissociative responses

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a chronic childhood onset posttraumatic stress disorder, is currently recognized as a treatable condition. It is considered the paradigmatic dissociative condition and carries with it extreme posttraumatic…

Tags: DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review

The use of eye-movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating post-traumatic stress disorder - A systematic narrative review

AimThere is an extensive body of research examining the efficacy of Eye-Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This systematic narrative review aimed to systematically, and…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Trauma Exposure

The role of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in medicine: Addressing the psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experience

Background: A substantial body of research shows that adverse life experiences contribute to both psychological and biomedical pathology. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an empirically validated treatment for trauma,…

Tags: Practice, Review, Theory

The potential role of EMDR on trauma in affective disorders: A narrative review

Background:Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic approach that has originally been developed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recently it has been suggested as a complementary therapy in a wide…

Tags: Affective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Review, Stressful Life Event, Trauma

The most important things learned about violence and trauma in the past 20 years

In the past 2 decades, important insights have been gained regarding violence and trauma. Complications occur in how violence and trauma, their causes, and their effects on victims should be defined. Violence and abuse to women -- physical, sexual,…

Tags: Commentary, Empirical Study, Longitudinal Study, Review, Scientific Research, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Treatment

The evidence base for interventions targeting individuals with work-related PTSD: A systematic review and recommendations

The purpose of this study was to summarize the evidence base for interventions targeting individuals with work-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to make recommendations for clinicians and administrative decision makers involved in their…

The EMDR basic protocol: A review and update

The eight-phase protocol is the bedrock of EMDR, however, the way it is taught has evolved over the years. We will review how EMDR is currently taught and highlight some of the common mistakes and misunderstandings made by clinicians. Attendance at…

Tags: Basic Protocol, Keynote, Review, Standard Protocol, Update

The efficacy of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of sexual trauma: A review of the literature

Tags: Review, Sexual Trauma, Treatment

The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of traumatized children and youth

This article provides a summary of all the studies that have investigated eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of traumatized children and adolescents. The effectiveness of the treatment is revealed in more than 15 studies.…

Tags: Children, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Trauma, Treatment

Summary: Review of studies on the effectiveness of EMDR applications in post-trauma stress disorder

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Systematic desensitization and processing (EMDR) with eye movements is a relatively new therapy technique that has become popular in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in recent years.…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review

Sexual abuse history: Prevalence, health effects, mediators, and psychological treatment

Objective: Lifetime history of sexual abuse is estimated to range between 15% and 25% in the general female population. People who are sexually abused are at greater risk for a whole host of physical health disorders that may occur many years after…

Tags: Health Maintenance Organization, HMO, HPA, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Sexual Abuse, Trauma

Scientific evaluation of EMDR psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological trauma summary: Scientific evaluation of EMDR psychotherapy

A recently described integrative psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), developed by F. Shapiro since 1989, has been confronted to the validation procedure used in pharmacological treatment (randomized control trials).…

Tags: Review, Scientific Review

Science and pseudoscience in the development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Implications for clinical psychology

The enormous popularity recently achieved by Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment for anxiety disorders appears to have greatly outstripped the evidence for its efficacy from controlled research studies. The disparity…

Tags: Commentary, Review, Scientific Research, Treatment Effectiveness

Review: Chemtob, C., Roitblat, H. L., Hamada, R. S., Carbon, J. G., Twentyman, C. T. (1988) A cognitive action theory of post traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2, 253-275)

The authors of this paper attempt to integrate the existing models of PTSD from associative learning theory, psychodynamic theory, and information processing models of the brain. In the integration they elaborate on a "hierarchical network view of…

Tags: Cognitive Action Theory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review

Review of PTSD programs: International literature review of evidence‐based best practice treatments for PTSD

This paper is a review of international literature on evidence‐based best practice treatment of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) published since the Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Adults and Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic…

Tags: Best Practice, Evidence-Based Practice, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PSTD, Review

Reverse learning and the physiological basis of eye movement desensitization

Eye movement desensitization is a new and effective procedure for PTSD that requires explanation. Reverse learning is a model developed in artificial neural networks as a theoretical explanation of rapid-eye-movement sleep. It demonstrates that an…

Tags: Neurophysiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Sleep Behavior

Resources in EMDR and other trauma-focused psychotherapy: A review

The present review examines how resources have been used in trauma-focused psychotherapy with an emphasis on their use in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Current practices of EMDR-trained clinicians are presented in a historical…

Tags: Ego Strengthening, RDI, Resource Development and Installation, Resources, Review

Recommendations and illustrations for combining hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of psychological trauma

Three experienced therapists, trained in hypnosis and EMDR, distilled some tentative hypotheses about the use of hypnosis in EMDR from fifteen cases, two presented here. When a therapist uses hypnosis with EMDR, it seems that the client is having…

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review, Treatment, Treatment Effectiveness

Psychotherapy for military-related PTSD: A review of randomized clinical trials

IMPORTANCE Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling psychiatric disorder common among military personnel and veterans. First-line psychotherapies most often recommended for PTSD consist mainly of “trauma-focused” psychotherapies that…

Tags: Military, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review

Psychothérapie, trois approches évaluées Psychotherapy: An evaluation of three approaches

This document presents a review of the work of the expert group convened by Inserm through the collective expert evaluation procedure to answer the questions raised by the General Directorate of Health (Direction générale de la santé, DGS) on the…

Tags: Review

Psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder

How efficacious are psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? This review will examine the literature on psychosocial interventions for PTSD. Information about the efficacy of traditional interventions in PTSD is quite limited…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review

Psychosis: An emerging field for EMDR research and therapy

It has only been in this last decade that trauma-focused treatments (TFT) have been studied in patients with psychotic disorders. Before, the paradigm stated that TFT was contraindicated in these patients because clinicians and researchers assumed…

Tags: Psychosis, Review, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Trauma

Psychological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

This review concerns the efficacy of psychological treatment in the treatment of PTSD. There is evidence that individual trauma focused cognitive-behavioural therapy (TFCBT), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), stress management and…

Tags: Meta-Analysis, Review

Preliminary evidence of efficacy for EMDR resource development and installation in the stabilization phase of treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder

This article reviews the complexity of adaptation and symptomatology in adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse who meet criteria for the proposed diagnosis of Complex PTSD, also known as Disorders of Extreme Stress, Not Otherwise Specified…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Complex Empirical Study, Female, Neglect, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, RDI, Review, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Potential contributions of hypnosis to ego-strengthening procedures in EMDR

This paper explores how hypnotic principles can be systematically incorporated into the standard EMDR protocol to enhance various ego strength capacities during EMDR treatment. Expanding these skill areas can widen the therapeutic window of…

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review, Treatment, Treatment Effectiveness

Phantom limb pain and its psychologic management: A critical review

Phantom limb pain is a puzzling phenomenon, from the viewpoints of both the patient experiencing it and the clinician trying to treat it. This review focuses on psychologic aspects in the origin of the PLP and critically evaluates the various…

Tags: Phantom Limb Pain, Review

Over de noodzaak van herhaalde en langdurige blootstelling aan traumatische herinneringen bij de behandeling van posttraumatische stress stoornis (PTSS)?Is prolonged exposure to traumatic memories necessary in PTSD?

Langdurige blootstelling aan traumatische herinneringen wordt door velen beschouwd als een noodzakelijk element in de behandeling van posttramatic stress-stoornis (PTSS). Deze bewering wordt ondersteund door de doeltreffendheid van de directe…

Tags: Cognitive Therapy, Episodic Memory, Implosive Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prolonged Exposure, PTSD, Review, Treatment

L’efficacité de l’EMDR dans le traitement des victimes souffrant d’état de stress post-traumatique (ESPT): Recension des écritsThe effectiveness of EMDR in the treatment of victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Literature

Résultant d’une exposition à un évènement traumatique, l’état de stress post-traumatique (ÉSPT) représente une condition pathologique préoccupante, pour laquelle une intervention efficace s’avère des plus pertinentes. Plusieurs organisations de…

Tags: Efficacy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Trauma

L'EMDR science ou croyance? Une revue critique de la littérature EMDR science or faith? A critical review of the literature EMDR science or belief?

L'« Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing » (EMDR) est une intervention thérapeutique controversée utilisée essentiellement dans le traitement des syndromes de stress post traumatiques (PTSD). Cet article a pour objectif de passer en revue la…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PSTD, Review

Introduction to the special section: Hypnosis and EMDR

We are happy to introduce this special set of invitedcontributions on Hypnosis and EMDR. EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. While it has been argued against characterizing hypnosis as a specific type of treatment…

Tags: Hypnosis, Review

Integrative psychotherapy: Combining ego-state therapy, clinical hypnosis, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in a psychosocial developmental context

The principles of this conceptual framework are: (1) personality organization is dissociative as well as associative, consisting of ego states, and progresses through stages of psychosocial development; (2) inappropriately activated ego states cause…

Tags: Clinical Hypnosis, Ego, Ego-State Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Integrative Psychotherapy, Multimodal Treatment Approach, Psychosocial Development, Psychosocial Developmental Context, Review

Il disturbo post-traumatico da stress: Una rassegna Post-traumatic stress disorder: A review

Questo articolo presenta una rassegna aggiornata teorico del Post-Traumatico da Stress Disorder (PTSD) concetto, un disturbo mentale che può comparire dopo essere stato esposto direttamente o indirettamente, ad un evento traumatico. L'articolo inizia…

Tags: Hypothalamo Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis, Mental Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Symptomatology

I won't do EMDR! The use of the "sleeping dogs" method to overcome children's resistance to EMDR therapy

This article provides a comprehensive review of the challenges faced by chronically abused children and their treatment providers. The main aim of this pilot study was to explore whether chronically traumatized children, who presented as unable or…

Tags: Children, Chronically Traumatized Children, Review, Sleeping Dogs, Stabilization, Treatment Resistance

Future research: Global implications

Therapists trained to provide eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy have a global responsibility. This article summarizes the multiple impacts of high stress events, and their longterm effects on individuals, families,…

Tags: Conflict, Research, Review, Suffering, Traumatic Stress

Five efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: An empirical review

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is known to he a debilitating disorder and for some a lifelong complaint. Although there are many treatment options, determining which treatments are not only recommended hut show high efficacy rates is vital for…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Symptoms

Eye-movement desensitization: A simple treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder?

Eye-movement desensitisation has been identified in a number of case studies to be an effective treatment for PTSD. A further case study reporting success is presented. The treatment appears rapid and may represent a potentially cost-effective…

Tags: EMD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A review of the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD

The level of evidence for EMDR is based upon twelve controlled studies that investigated the efficacy of EMDR treatment of participants with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The seven civilian studies, with one exception, all found EMDR to be…

Tags: Review

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A brief and effective treatment for stress

1. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative therapy that "unlocks" disturbing memories or beliefs and reprocessess them, in some way, so they are no longer as disabling. 2. EMDR can be used for any experientially based…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

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 desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) to treat functional neurological disorder: A review

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is an established treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but there is increasing evidence for its use beyond PTSD. EMDR can be effective at treating distressing memories, not…

Tags: Functional Neurological Disorder, Review

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing reduces PTSD symptoms compared with fluoxetine at six months post-treatment

Is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing more effective than fluoxetine in people with post-traumatic stress disorder? van der Kolk BA, Spinazzola J, Blaustein ME, et al. A randomized clinical trial of eye movement desensitization and…

Tags: Desensitization, Fluoxetine, Mental Illness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Review, Treatment

Examination of initial evidence for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychological condition that impacts millions of people globally. The front-line psychological intervention for OCD is exposure/response prevention (ERP), however, many individuals do not respond…

Tags: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Review, Treatment

Examination of initial evidence for EMDR as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychological condition that impacts millions of people globally. The front-line psychological intervention for OCD is exposure/response prevention (ERP), however, many individuals do not respond…

Tags: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Review, Treatment

Ephedra alkaloids and brief relapse in EMDR-treated obsessive compulsive disorder

Letter to the editor commenting on an article by E. Ernst (see record 2003-05653-002). We report the case of a patient who was effectively treated for severe obsessive compulsive disorder but relapsed briefly following ingestion of herbal products…

Tags: Comment, Desensitization, Ephedra, Ephedra Alkaloid, Letter, Luvoxamine, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Plant Preparation, Relapse, Reply, Review, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors

Empirically supported individual and group psychological treatments for adult mental disorders

The experimental literature on individual and group psychological treatments for adult disorders is reviewed. For each of the 11 disorders or problems covered, treatments that fall into the following categories, as defined by D.L. Chambless and S. D.…

Tags: Adult, Review

EMDR: A putative neurobiological mechanism of action

Numerous studies have provided evidence for the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) in the treatment of PTSD, including recent studies showing it to be more efficient than therapist-directed flooding. But few…

Tags: Cognitive Processes, Mechanism of Action, Neurobiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychophysiology, PTSD, Review, Sleep Behavior, Treatment Effectiveness

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