References for Podcast Episode 16 - Beyond PTSD: Anxiety, Personality, and the Mind–Body Connection
The research this month covers a wide range of settings and populations: from the first hours after trauma to an ongoing war, from preschoolers in Ukraine to Israeli military reservists, and from panic disorder and personality disorders to type 1 diabetes and functional neurological disorder. There are two large reviews: a meta-analysis of 65 randomized trials of EMDR therapy for adult PTSD, and an umbrella review of EMDR therapy for anxiety. We look at patient factors linked to stalled reprocessing, at intensive and online formats that widen access to EMDR treatment, and at what patients say about going through EMDR therapy. One theme runs through the whole month: the gap between promising results and firm conclusions. Many of the most provocative studies were small, uncontrolled, or retrospective. As we go through the research, I am careful to separate what the evidence showed from what it only suggested.
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References
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