Trauma from abuse, suggestibility and EMDR

EMDR Therapy: Trauma Research

EMDR is recommended as an effective treatment for trauma. A position paper of the (Israeli) National Council for Mental Health: Guidelines for the assessment and professional intervention with terror victims in the hospital and in the community. Jerusalem, Israel. EMDR is one of three methods recommended for treatment of terror victims. According to a taskforce of the Clinical Division of the A...

EMDR Therapy: Trauma Research & Further Reading

Preventing head trauma from abuse in infants.

Treating trauma in psychosis with EMDR: a pilot study.

BACKGROUND Initial studies have shown that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be effectivelytreated in patients with a psychotic disorder. These studies however used adapted treatment protocols, avoided direct exposure to trauma related stimuli or preceded treatment with stabilizing techniques making treatment considerably longer in duration. METHOD An open trial in which adult subjects...

Is EMDR an exposure therapy? A review of trauma protocols.

This article presents the well established theoretical base and clinical practice of exposure therapy for trauma. Necessary requirements for positive treatment results and contraindicated procedures are reviewed. EMDR is contrasted with these requirements and procedures. By the definitions and clinical practice of exposure therapy, the classification of EMDR poses some problems. As seen from th...