Introduction Non-specific chronic back pain (nsCBP) is common and of high socioeconomic relevance. In the context of chronification, psychosocial factors (e.g. depression, anxiety and psychological traumatic events) are known risk factors. Therefore psychotherapeutic interventions are recommended. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an empirically validated psychotherapeutic...

Aims: Depression is a common psychiatric disorder after myocardial infarction. So it is necessary to find the appropriate intervention to reduce depression. This study aimed at comparing the effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on depression in patients with myocardial infarction. Materials & Methods: In this clinical trial, 90 e...

Background: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective psychological treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Recalling a memory while simultaneously making eye movements (EM) decreases a memory's vividness and/or emotionality. It has been argued that non-specific factors, such as treatment expectancy and experimental demand, may contribute to the EMDR's effectiven...

BACKGROUND In patients with psychotic disorders, the effects of psychological post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment on symptoms of psychosis, depression and social functioning are largely unknown METHOD In a single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) 155 outpatients in treatment for psychosis (61.3% schizophrenic disorder, 29% schizoaffective disorder) were randomized to eight s...

1 the mean prevalence of PTSD in bipolar patients is 16.0%, which is double the lifetime prevalence of PTSD in the general population. 2 Also bipolar patients with comorbid PTSD exhibit more severe bipolar illness and multiple Axis I disorders, and they disengage more frequently from treatment, suggesting poorer outcome and course of the disorder. 3,4 Trauma-focused cognitive-behavior therapy a...

This regular column appears in each quarterly issue of the EMDRIA Newsletter. It lists citations, abstracts, and preprint/reprint information (when available) on all EMDR related journal articles. The listings include peer reviewed research reports and case studies directly related to EMDR (whether favorable or not), including original studies, review articles and meta-analyses accepted for pub...

Earthquakes, which can cause widespread territorial and socio-economic destruction, are life-threatening, unexpected, unpredictable, and uncontrollable events caused by the shaking of the surface of the earth. The psychological consequences, such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, are well-known to clinicians and researchers. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating...

INTRODUCTION Few studies have investigated the effects of efficacious psychotherapy on structural alterations of discrete brain regions associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We therefore proposed to evaluate the neurobiological effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on 19 patients with drug-naïve PTSD without comorbidity, matched with 19 untreated health...