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A new international review identifies PSYTREC as part of the European model of intensive PTSD treatment: a model is associated with very large effect sizes for PTSD treatment. A gratifying recognition of a decade of research and innovation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PTSD #EMDR

Adults with PTSD and high ASD traits can benefit from intensive trauma-focused treatment. ✅ 83% no longer met criteria for PTSD ✅ Similar remission rates with low (87%) and high (79%) ASD traits. ASD traits no reason to withhold evidence-based trauma treatment. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

#BIGSPD At #PSYTREC, we treat Complex PTSD in a four-day treatment program, and personality disorders in a six-day treatment program The results are impressive because the chance that you no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for CPTSS after treatment is approximately 75% www.psytrec.nl/publicaties

Publicaties | PSYTREC

Bekijk wetenschappelijke publicaties van PSYTREC over de behandeling van PTSS. Resultaten uit onderzoek naar effectiviteit en innovatie in traumazorg.

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BIGSPD@bigspd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Next up we have @adjongh.bsky.social media hi will be exploring the effectiveness of brief trauma focused treatments for personality disorder #BIGSPD26

Next up we have @adjongh.bsky.social media hi will be exploring the effectiveness of brief trauma focused treatments for personality disorder #BIGSPD26

The TEMPO study looked at EMDR therapy for people with personality disorders, with and without PTSD (N=159). Remission of PD diagnosis rose from 44% to 65%, with a 5% dropout. #BIGSPD26 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Read how personality disorders develop and can be treated based upon the AIP model and EMDR therapy. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

de Jongh explains how adverse childhood experiences can lead to latent vulnerability, which in turn lead to social thinning #BIGSPD26

We need to focus on Adverse Childhood Experiences, says de Jongh. Using Shapiro's Adaptive Information Processing. A negative self-image like 'I am worthless' isn't the cause of dysfunction but the result of unprocessed memories. Treat the memories, shift the symptoms. #BIGSPD26

Why focus on trauma? Childhood adversity isn't just a risk factor for personality disorders, says de Jongh, it may be a central driver. In one study each ACE raised borderline PD risk fivefold. Emotional abuse and neglect were the strongest predictors. #BIGSPD26

People who are interested in the underlying research and want to download and read the papers can follow this link (use the password: interweave): www.psycho-trauma.nl/persoonlijkh...

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our next keynote speaker at #BIGSPD26 is Prof Ad de Jongh @adjongh.bsky.social on: The effectiveness of brief trauma-focused treatment for personality disorders. Can short, trauma-focused therapy really shift a PD diagnosis? Here's what he's planning to cover. THREAD below 👇🏽

Our next keynote speaker at #BIGSPD26 is Prof Ad de Jongh @adjongh.bsky.social on: The effectiveness of brief trauma-focused treatment for personality disorders. Can short, trauma-focused therapy really shift a PD diagnosis? Here's what he's planning to cover. THREAD below 👇🏽

We are excited to announce the first of our Plenary Speakers for #BIGSPD2026 Prof Ad de Jongh will give a keynote talk titled "The effectiveness of brief trauma-focused treatment for personality disorders" Secure your early bird registration rate here bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...

Interesting article about Dissociative Identity Disorder (#DID). According to the authors, there is little evidence to support its construct. The symptoms are best described as CPTSS or borderline personality disorder. Treating those symptoms seems the best approach di.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/...

A new study shows that a strong therapeutic alliance does not depend on having one fixed therapist. Even in intensive trauma-focused treatment for #PTSD with rotating therapists, a meaningful alliance can be built and maintained. doi.org/10.1080/2000...

Therapeutic alliance in intensive PTSD treatment with a therapist rotation model

Therapeutic alliance is a robust predictor of treatment outcome. However, little is known about its development and relationship with symptom changes in intensive trauma-focused treatment for post-...

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A new, comprehensive meta-analysis provides strong support for the application of intensive treatment for PTSD (especially at 270 min. per week), but also for individual adjustments to the protocol. doi.org/10.1016/j.cp...

Childhood adversity isn’t just a risk factor but may drive personality disorders. A large longitudinal study (N=8,199) shows ACEs, especially emotional abuse/neglect, strongly predict PDs, ↑ risk for borderline PD ×5. Supports trauma-focused treatment (e.g. #EMDR), even without PTSD.

A new meta-analysis based on 40 studies showed that #EMDR therapy was associated with reductions in symptoms of depression and anxiety compared with control conditions in adults and adolescents. Benefits were generally maintained over time. spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Outcomes in Depression and Anxiety: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis | Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has been used to treat depression and anxiety, but its relative benefits across these conditions and comparators remain unclear. We conduct...

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We are happy to hear that our review article on #EMDR therapy has been so well-read. If you haven't seen it yet, and are interested in an up-to-date overview of the mechanism of action and the scientific research, you can find it here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

State of the science: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with support from more than 30 published randomized controlle...

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Conceptualising borderline personality disorder as a disorder of maladaptive memory processing shifts the therapeutic focus toward the effective processing of traumatic experiences which may lead to durable changes in borderline personality pathology. traumaj.com/index.php/pu...

New study (n=6,125) finds that starting trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD while using psychotropic medication is linked to reduced therapeutic gains. The strongest negative associations appeared for antidepressants. doi.org/10.1159/0005...

A new RCT evaluated the effectiveness of standalone #EMDR in the treatment of #personality disorder (PD)s. The results showed significant reductions in PD symptom severity with diagnostic remission in 44.1% of participants. Drop-out was very low (5.1%). jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New study shows that early #EMDR therapy between two and five weeks postpartum is a safe and effective intervention for reducing PTSD symptoms and improving psychological well-being in postpartum women with a TBE. doi.org/10.10 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Trauma-focused therapy works, 75% lose their PTSD diagnosis. But over half still battle symptoms like intrusive memories, avoidance, and negative feelings. Recovery is real, but so is what lingers, therapists should stay vigilant and tackle what remains. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Oddly enough, it took over 30 years before - regarding EMDR therapy a relationship could be found between a decrease in the emotional intensity of a trauma memory and a reduction in PTSD symptoms over time. But no longer, because a new study has demonstrated this connection. doi.org/10.1080/2000...

A new RCT using EMDR therapy for personality disorders showed that a high proportion lost their PTSD diagnostic status (73.1%), with a low treatment drop-out rate (5.1%). The results support the utility of trauma-focused therapy for personality disorders. doi.org/10.1159/0005...

New meta-analysis on treatment efficiency of therapies for PTSD shows that despite the fact that there is little difference in effectiveness between EMDR therapy and other therapies, EMDR is more (cost)efficient than all other (10) therapies. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Veterans with PTSD are generally considered a difficult target group, but in a highly intensive treatment program of four sessions per day we found exceptionally high effect sizes and proportions of diagnosis loss, comparable to regular patients. doi.org/10.1080/2000...

I am very excited to present at the upcoming #EMDRIAConference 2025 on Clinical decision making. Learn how to improve decisions based on in-session video recordings of #EMDR therapy with challenging patients. lnkd.in/eGpjmDJU #EMDRIAConference @EMDRIA

At our #ESTSS2025 symposium in Tbilisi, we presented findings from #PSYTREC’s brief, intensive, evidence-based PTSD treatment. Notably, outcomes were similar for patients with PTSD alone and those meeting DSM criteria for dissociative identity disorder (#DID).

We presented on the results of our brief intensive evidence based treatment of severe PTSD from #PSYTREC at #ESTSS2025 in Tbilisi. We showed that despite the rotation of therapists in our treatment model the therapeutic alliance is very good and remains that way.