EMDR protocol for recent critical incidents: A randomized controlled trial in a technological disaster context

Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 166-173

  Jarero, Ignacio ^a   Uribe, Susana ^a   Artigas, Lucina ^a   Givaudan, Martha ^a  

^a Latin American and Caribbean Foundation for Psychological Trauma Research   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Early EMDR therapy intervention; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Protocol for Recent Critical Incidents (EMDR PRECI); Industrial explosion; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Technological disaster

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042393249     PISSN: 19333196     EISSN: 1933320X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1933-3196.9.4.166     Document Type: Article

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