Re: EMDR research and children

I would add several studies to that list:

Chemtob, C. M., Nakashima, J., Hamada, R., & Carlson, J. (in press). Brief treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related PTSD: A field study. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Rubin, A., Bischofshausen, S., Conroy-Moore, K., Dennis, B., Hastie, M., Melnick, L., Reeves, D., & Smith, T. (in press).The effectiveness of EMDR in a child guidance center. Research on Social Work Practice.

Also unpublished data by S. Wilson, L. Becker & R. Tinker on a controlled treatment study of PTSD with school children.

Evidence to date on EMDR with kids is consistent with data on EMDR with adults: that brief EMDR treatment of discrete trauma appears to be rapid and effective, while the data is generally positive but less conclusive re treatment of more chronic/complex trauma. Regarding the specific question of the original poster, there is no controlled research on EMDR with traumatized children under 6 as far as I know. (Nor, as far as I know, is there controlled treatment research on traumatized children under 6 in general.) There have been positive case reports.

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Re: EMDR research and children, by Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D., 4/26/00

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