COVID-19 Emergency: Emotional decompression interventions towards healthcare professionals at Udine Hospital (Italy) through EMDR technique

The World Health Organization and several international guidelines (e.g., Cochrane Review) recommend EMDR for treating PTSD in children, adolescents and adults. The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) provides individual EMDR therapy in a group setting, ensuring that many individuals can be treated simultaneously. The alternation of eye movement or tactile/auditory stimulation represents the core of this therapy, which is held to favor the elaboration of the trauma on which patients are focusing.

Describe our experience in psychological support of healthcare professionals from Udine Hospital (Italy) during COVID-19 pandemic through EMDR-IGTP intervention technique aimed at reducing PTSD symptoms

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Daniela Zago
Fabio Campanella
Eva Pascoli
Pierpaolo Accolla
Laura Regattin
Fabio D'Antoni
Laura Brunelli
Francesca Fiorillo

Zago, D., Campanella, F., Pascoli, E., Accolla, P., Regattin, L., D'Antoni, F., Brunelli, F., & Fiorillo, F. (2023, September). COVID-19 Emergency: Emotional decompression interventions towards healthcare professionals at Udine Hospital (Italy) through EMDR technique.  Presentation at the 29th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Service, Vienna, Austria