ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

By American Psychological Association

A structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.

Read on www.apa.org

FindCenter Post-Image

How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield

Because PTSD is a natural response to danger, it’s almost unavoidable in the short term and mostly self-correcting in the long term. Only about 20 percent of people exposed to trauma react with long-term (chronic) PTSD.

Article
Sebastian Junger
2015
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)