Science and pseudoscience in the development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Implications for clinical psychology

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 945-971

  Herbert, James D ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^b   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^c   Montgomery, Robert W ^d   O'Donohue, William T ^e   Rosen, Gerald M ^f   Tolin, David F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d Independent Practice   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f Independent Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

EMDR; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Pseudoscience; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKETING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUACKERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033653606     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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