Interestingly, therapists who witnessed retraumatization were more likely to use non-trauma focused therapies.

Those reporting higher confidence in trauma-focused therapy showed less fear of retraumatization.

Joar Øveraas Halvorsen Sharif El-Leithy Carmen McLean, PhD Thole Hoppen Ad de Jongh Steph WeIIs, Ph.D. Brian Marx As Ad de Jongh, Philipp Herzog argue in our (German) article: developing 'more effective' treatments should not be a priority, because trauma-focused therapy is already very effective. Focus should be on intensification and improved access (dissemination).

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The ISTSS released a series of videos featuring interviews with people who developed or disseminated interventions for PTSD in accordance with the @ISTSS treatment guidelines. The first three full interviews (on prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy and EMDR therapy)

Een bijzondere uitreiking voor een heel bijzondere inwoner: de heer Ad de Jongh Ad de Jongh. Hij ontving tijdens zijn afscheidscollege vanmiddag de hoogste koninklijke onderscheiding: Ridder in de Orde vd Nederlandsche Leeuw uit handen van burgemeester Sjoerd Potters . 1/2

De fobie voor de tandheelkundige behandeling is de meest voorkomende fobie in Nederland. Angst voor de tandarts is nog steeds een diepgeworteld probleem. Hoog tijd dus voor een andere benadering, schetst Ad de Jongh morgen in zijn afscheidscollege go.uva.nl/3xsrO9z

Calling all UK businesses passionate about #mentalhealth !
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⏰Jährlicher Erinnerung⏰ daran, evidenzbasierte, traumafokussierte Psychotherapie zur Behandlung von #PTBS anzubieten!👇🏻
Tim Kaiser Ad de Jongh

It is rather shocking that half of the psychiatrists continue to prescribe medication for PTSD, deliberately not in the interests of patients and which goes against international treatment guidelines in this area. Where are the regulatory bodies?

It was such an amazing experience to be at the fireworks festival in #Tultepec , Mexico. I had never seen a #fireworks show at bright daylight before, and with live music by an orchestra. Awesome. Thank you, #Tultepec !

Trending in #ClinicalPsychology :
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1) Health psychology & climate change: humanity’s most existential crisis (Health Psychology Review)

2) Eye movement desensitization & reprocessing (EMDR) therapy

3) Effects of Ayahuasca on Gratitude & Relationships with Nature

Thanks for the tip, Tim! Great podcast about psychotherapy research.

The Journal of Traumatic Stress has initiated a new series called State of the Science. Check out this first paper discussing the state of EMDR therapy:

#JTSstateofscience #EMDR Wiley Psychology

Ad de Jongh This is the first paper in a new State of the Science series in the journal. I’m looking forward to more of these reviews in upcoming issues.

An article published in Journal of Traumatic Stress aims to provide a thorough and
state-of-the-art overview of #EMDR therapy for #PTSD .
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A study that examined predictors of treatment outcomes of #PTSD due to childhood abuse found only pre-treatment PTSD severity (and none of the DSO clusters, self-injury, or suicidality) predictive of less favourable post-treatment outcomes. tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

There is a growing body of research supporting the notion that personality disorders can be treated effectively in a relatively short time span (less than 10 sessions) using EMDR therapy. This article explains the underlying model and it's treatment strategy, illustrated by a

We treated two patients with borderline personality disorder using EMDR 2.0 therapy within 4 days. The results showed a strong decline in psychological distress and difficulties in emotion regulation and reported an improvement in their quality of life. At post-treatment, and at

No support for the notion that patients with PTSD and a history of childhood abuse need a stabilization phase prior to trauma-focused treatment.