Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for psychologically traumatized individuals (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

Participants receiving EMDR showed decreases in presenting complaints and in anxiety and increases in positive cognition.

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The empirical status of the clinical application of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

EMDR case studies, single-subject experiments and group design experiments on clinical problems are evaluated for effectiveness.

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Treating spider phobia with eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing: Two case reports (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Two spider phobics were first treated with Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and then received an exposure in vivo session.

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Eye movement desensitization of medical phobias: Two case studies (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

We treated two medical phobic subjects with eye movement desensitization (EMD). Using detailed images of fear-related events.

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Treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (Current Opinion in Psychiatry)

Further research on PTSD treatments needed.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Its cautious use in the dissociative disorder (Dissociation)

Careful informed consent and the use of the dissociative table technique can allow EMDR to be used successfully in a dissociative patient.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A new kind of dreamwork? (Dreaming)

EMDR’s apparent similarity to dreaming and to therapeutic dreamwork is suggested as a possible key to understanding its underlying mechanism.

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Eye movement desensitization: Three unusual cases (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Three complex cases are presented on the applicability of eye movement desensitization (EMD) for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is not hypnosis (Dissociation, 1995)

Letter to the editor arguing that EMDR and hypnosis are qualitatively different states of neurophysiological functioning.

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An orienting reflex/external inhibition model of EMDR and thought field therapy (Traumatology)

The clinical phenomena of the conduct of EMDR and Thought Field Therapy were interpreted within the concepts of classical conditioning.

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A trial of eye movement desensitization compared to image habituation training and applied muscle relaxation in post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Imaginal exposure (image habituation training—IHT) vs. applied muscle relaxation (AMR) vs. eye movement desensitization (EMD) for PTSD.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for panic disorder: A case series (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

After five sessions of EMDR, subjects reported a considerable decrease in the frequency of panic attacks, general anxiety, and more.

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