Psychological interventions for pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis (JAMA Psychiatry)

This article aims to synthesize all available evidence on psychological interventions for pediatric PTSD in a comprehensive systematic review and network meta-analysis.

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Parent-child EMDR therapy for children aged 0-4 years: Protocol, pilot-data, and case study (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This article describes the Parent-Child EMDR protocol for children (0–4 years) and provides a summary of a pilot study with 18 children aged 0–4 years, illustrated with a case study.

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Feasibility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a person with dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder: A case report (Psychiatry Research Case Reports)

This report aimed to provide a detailed description of the feasibility and challenges of EMDR for a person with dementia to assist in the first step toward recognizing and treating PTSD in people with dementia.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system (Medicine, Science and the Law)

An editorial on traumatic stress within the criminal justice system, and how EMDR therapy can help.

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Clinicians’ perceived barriers to implementing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (Walden University, 2024)

The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of clinicians’ experiences and self-efficacy barriers they experienced implementing EMDR therapy while treating military veterans with PTSD.

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How do clients experience intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress? An interpretive phenomenological analysis (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This qualitative study explores the experiences of patients who undertook intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress.

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Systematic review and meta-analysis: Do best-evidenced trauma-focused interventions for children and young people with PTSD lead to changes in social and interpersonal domains? (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study examined whether PTSD treatments of TF-CBT and EMDR therapy for children and young people aged 5–25 improve social or interpersonal factors in RCTs.

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Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and neglect: Moderating effects of child attachment style and PTSD symptoms on treatment outcome (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study examined whether attachment style and PTSD symptoms acted as moderators for treatment outcomes of a new integrative treatment model for trauma and attachment in which family therapy is combined with EMDR.

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The effectiveness of a remote intensive trauma-focused treatment programme for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a remote intensive treatment programme in reducing symptoms of PTSD, general psychiatric symptoms, symptoms of depression, and the interference of PTSD symptoms in daily life among individuals diagnosed with PTSD.

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Duration of effect in treatment of methotrexate intolerance in juvenile idiopathic arthritis using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be improved by Bi-lateral Alternating Stimulation Tactile (BLAST) wristbands (Pediatric Rheumatology)

The aim of this study was to determine if utilization of BLAST wristbands could improve and prolong the effect of EMDR on patients with MTX intolerance.

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Improving infant mental health: A pilot study on the effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) storytelling in infants with post-traumatic distress after medical procedures (Evaluation & the Health Professions)

This article aims to assess the effectiveness of EMDR Storytelling for infants aged 3-24 months with PTSD symptoms after medical procedures.

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What’s in a treatment name? How people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms interpret and react to PTSD treatment names (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This research examined the reactions of participants who screened positive for PTSD to PTSD treatment names.

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