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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: History, Community, Culture & Research

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy designed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Devised by Francine Shapiro in 1987, it involves talking about traumatic memories while engaging in side-to-side eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation. It is also used for some other psychological…

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Community, Culture and Research as prominent areas in the source structure around Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

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Concept neighborhoods
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 14 topics
Criticism · 8 topics
Society and culture · 7 topics
Possible mechanisms · 5 topics
Research · 3 topics
History · 2 topics
Professional practice guidelines · 2 topics
Technique · 1 topics

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How Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing connects Entity context

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emdr ptsd eye therapy treatment bilateral found stimulation health effectiveness evidence movements exposure trauma movement treating studies shapiro used psychological

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 1 structured relationship around Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Examples in this analysis include the therapist's hand tapping or tapping devices.Most meta-analyses have found that including bilateral eye movements in EMDR makes little or no difference to its effect → instance of → and physical stimuli. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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the therapist's hand tapping or tapping devices.Most meta-analyses have found that including bilateral eye movements in EMDR makes little or no difference to its effectinstance ofand physical stimuli0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Movement, Movements and Bilateral. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Overview · splits 36 ⟂ 15
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Criticism · splits 42 ⟂ 9
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Society and culture · splits 43 ⟂ 8
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Possible mechanisms · splits 45 ⟂ 6
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Research · splits 47 ⟂ 4
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — History · splits 48 ⟂ 3
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — Professional practice guidelines · splits 48 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples1
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Community, Culture & Research, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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