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It is not the shimmy, it is the shift: Differential effects of valence shift type and stimulation mode during a simulated EMDR session in PTSD patients and healthy controls.

2026-01-16 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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IntroductionMechanism-of-action studies on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing have so far focused mainly on the presumed active component of bilateral stimulation (BLS). In this pilot study, a further potential working mechanism was examined for the first time, involving stimulation-induced changes in emotional valence. MethodsTwenty-five patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and 25 healthy controls between 19 and 64 years of age underwent a simulated intervention based on comp...

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