Tones inferior to eye movements in the EMDR treatment of PTSD

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 275-279

  van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Rijkeboer, Marleen M ^a   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Klugkist, Irene ^a   Hornsveld, Hellen ^a   Toffolo, Marieke J B ^a   Cath, Danielle C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binaural stimulation; EMDR; Eye movements; Patients' preference; PTSD; Tones; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY VIVIDNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; TONE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859619123     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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