Tragedies Archives

Editorial: EMDR Treatment of Recent Events and Community Disasters (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This editorial introduces this special issue on he application EMDR in situations of community disasters, chaos, disaster, violence, and war.

Early EMDR Intervention (EEI): A Summary, a Theoretical Model, and the Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP) (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article examines existing EMDR early intervention (EEI) procedures, presents a conceptual model, and proposes a new comprehensive protocol: the Recent-Traumatic Episode protocol (R-TEP).

The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol: Application With Child Victims of a Mass Disaster (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment protocol (EMDR-IGTP) has been used in different parts of the world since 1998 with both adults and children after natural or man-made disasters.

Building Resilience and Dismantling Fear: EMDR Group Protocol With Children in an Area of Ongoing Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Studies indicate that EMDR may be efficacious for children & young people with symptoms of PTSD in situations of ongoing violence and trauma.

EMDR as treatment of post-traumatic reactions: A field study on child victims of an earthquake (Educational and Child Psychology)

Study exploring the use of EMDR therapy with child victims after an earthquake in Central Italy in 2002.

Efficacy of “eye movement desensitization and reprocessing” in reducing anxiety and unpleasant feelings due to earthquake experience (Psychological Research)

This randomized clinical trial investigated the efficacy of EMDR therapy in reducing earthquake anxiety as compared to a wait-list control.

Practitioner review: Assessment and treatment of refugee children and adolescents who have experienced war-related trauma (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)

This article identified and reviewed published studies on the treatments for war-related trauma on refugee children and adolescents.

EMDR integrative group treatment protocol: A postdisaster trauma intervention for children and adults (Traumatology)

Integrated EMDR and group treatment for children and adults traumatized by natural disasters in several Latin American countries.

EMDR therapy following the 9/11 terrorist attacks: A community-based intervention project in New York City (International Journal of Stress Management)

EMDR is a useful treatment intervention in immediate aftermath of disaster as well as later. Waiting leads to greater disturbance in clients.

Brief-treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related PTSD: A field study (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

This controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of brief intervention for disaster-related PTSD in children.

Light in the Heart of Darkness: EMDR and the Treatment of War and Terrorism Survivors (W. W. Norton, 2001)

Clinicians responding to psychological aftermath of man’s inhumanity to man—stories of school violence, refugees, soldiers, etc.—with EMDR.

An empirical evaluation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with survivors of a natural disaster (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

A small study to test the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in treating trauma-related reactions following Hurricane Andrew.

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