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

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 665-671

  Grainger, Ruth Dailey ^a   Levin, Clifford ^b   Allen Byrd, Lois ^b   Doctor, Ronald M ^c   Lee, Howard ^c  

^a Therapy Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^b Mental Research Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; EMDR; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DISASTER; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030703563     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100412     Document Type: Article

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