Complex Trauma/C-PTSD Archives

Interventions for adults with a history of complex traumatic events: the INCiTE mixed-methods systematic review (Health Technology Assessment)

Systematic review for efficacy of evidence-based treatments for people with a history of complex traumatic events and mental comorbidities.

Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis (PLOS Medicine)

This study provides a broad evidence base as a foundation to inform treatment guidelines and future research on complex trauma.

Trauma-focused treatment outcome for complex PTSD patients: Results of an intensive treatment programme (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020)

Patients diagnosed with PTSD received an 8-day treatment combining prolonged exposure, EMDR therapy, psycho-education, and physical activity.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (Guildford Press, 2020)

Reference book on complex traumatic stress disorders (CTSDs) and ways to understand, assess, and treat adults with complex trauma history.

EMDR and Trauma: What You Need To Know

Self-limiting behaviors and can be a result of trauma. One treatment is EMDR. Learn more in this blog post.

Psychotherapy with survivors of sexual abuse and assault (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)

Authors discuss psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-focused CBT, and EMDR therapy to treat patients following sexual assault and abuse.

From evil to live: A case study on a women’s journey through EMDR for severe trauma (Abuse: An international Impact Journal, 2020)

Effectiveness of EMDR combining aspects of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to reduce complex PTSD and life-threatening self-injury.

The Current Status of EMDR Therapy Involving the Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a diagnostic entity to be in 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases.

A Clinician’s Guide to the Efficacy of EMDR Therapy

Volume 13, Issue 4 of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) is conceptualized as a guide for clinicians, including articles about the use of EMDR therapy across a range of populations, diagnoses, and symptom clusters.

The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in individuals diagnosed with either C-PTSD or PTSD (Northcentral University, 2019)

AIP research lacks a distinction in efficacy rates with C-PTSD compared to PTSD complicated by high failure & drop-out rates for C-PTSD.

PTSD prevention and treatment guidelines methodology and recommendations (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)

Guideline for the treatment of adults, children, and adolescents at risk of developing PTSD or Complex PTSD published by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychological Medicine, 2019)

Review of interventions for patients with complex PTSD symptom clusters (affect dysregulation, negative self-concept, disturbed relationships).

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