EMDR therapy for PTSD after motor vehicle accidents: Meta-analytic evidence for specific treatment

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue APR, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Boccia, Maddalena ^a,b   Piccardi, Laura ^b,c   Cordellieri, Pierluigi ^a   Guariglia, Cecilia ^a,b   Giannini, Anna Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute psychological distress; ALE meta analysis; Post traumatic stress disorders; Road traffic accident; Traumatic single event

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYTIC CONNECTIVITY MODELING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84933677145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00213     Document Type: Article

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