EMDR therapy humanitarian assistance programs: Treating the psychological, physical, and societal effects of adverse experiences worldwide

Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 181-186

  Shapiro, Francine ^a  

^a Mental Research Institute Palo Alto   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive information processing model; Adverse experiences; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy; Humanitarian assistance programs; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977145591     PISSN: 19333196     EISSN: 1933320X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1933-3196.8.4.181     Document Type: Article

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