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1. Linguistic changes during EMDR sessions: A preliminary single-case study

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Cardazzone, E, Gallucci, M, Callerame, C, Cussino, M, Gelo, O, Pasca, P, Zaccagnino, M, Cardazzone E., Gallucci M., Callerame C., Cussino M., Gelo O., Pasca P., Zaccagnino M., Cardazzone, E, Gallucci, M, Callerame, C, Cussino, M, Gelo, O, Pasca, P, Zaccagnino, M, Cardazzone E., Gallucci M., Callerame C., Cussino M., Gelo O., Pasca P., and Zaccagnino M.

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Several studies have used text analysis software such as Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) to study how language modification reflects improvements in individuals’ psychophysical health. The aim of this preliminary single-case study was to evaluate the linguistic changes occurring during EMDR sessions in a patient suffering from anorexia nervosa. Each weekly session (N = 73) of an entire one-and-a-half-year treatment was divided into three different stages (pre-stimulation, stimulation and post-stimulation phase): the patient's speech was analysed at each phase. Results showed significant changes in the examined linguistic categories: affective processes, cognitive processes, biological processes and non-fluency words. These changes were observed before, during and after the bilateral stimulations. These results are discussed in the light of previous studies concerning the linguistic changes occurring in traumatic event disclosure. They suggest access and reprocessing of painful events during each session, especially when the clinician uses bilateral stimulation. It is possible to suppose the patient's progressive processing of the traumatic experience, followed by its integration into more adaptive mnemonic networks at the end of the therapeutic session. In conclusion, the observed linguistic changes could be representative of an adaptive resolution of adverse life experiences, allowing the patient to create new connections between thoughts, images and bodily sensations linked to the target memories. The clinical implications and limits of this single-case study are also discussed.

Published
2021

5. Linguistic changes during EMDR sessions: A preliminary single‐case study

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M. Zaccagnino, Chiara Callerame, Elisa Cardazzone, Martina Cussino, Paola Pasca, Marcello Gallucci, Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo, Cardazzone, E., Gallucci, M., Callerame, C., Cussino, M., Gelo, O., Pasca, P., Zaccagnino, M., Cardazzone, E, Gallucci, M, Callerame, C, Cussino, M, Gelo, O, Pasca, P, and Zaccagnino, M

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Psychotherapist, traumatic memories, LIWC, Single-subject design, Traumatic memories, anorexia nervosa, computer-assisted text analysi, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, EMDR session, Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses), traumatic memorie, Psychology, Applied Psychology
Abstract

Several studies have used text analysis software such as Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) to study how language modification reflects improvements in individuals’ psychophysical health. The aim of this preliminary single-case study was to evaluate the linguistic changes occurring during EMDR sessions in a patient suffering from anorexia nervosa. Each weekly session (N=73) of an entire one-and-a-half-year treatment was divided into three different stages (pre-stimulation, stimulation and post-stimulation phase): the patient's speech was analysed at each phase. Results showed significant changes in the examined linguistic categories: affective processes, cognitive processes, biological processes and non-fluency words. These changes were observed before, during and after the bilateral stimulations. These results are discussed in the light of previous studies concerning the linguistic changes occurring in traumatic event disclosure. They suggest access and reprocessing of painful events during each session, especially when the clinician uses bilateral stimulation. It is possible to suppose the patient's progressive processing of the traumatic experience, followed by its integration into more adaptive mnemonic networks at the end of the therapeutic session. In conclusion, the observed linguistic changes could be representative of an adaptive resolution of adverse life experiences, allowing the patient to create new connections between thoughts, images and bodily sensations linked to the target memories. The clinical implications and limits of this single-case study are also discussed.

Published
2021
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6. Early Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) intervention in a disaster mental health care context.

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Saltini A, Rebecchi D, Callerame C, Fernandez I, Bergonzini E, and Starace F

Subjects
Adult, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cohort Studies, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic diagnosis, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic psychology, Crisis Intervention, Early Medical Intervention, Earthquakes, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic therapy
Abstract

'Early psychological intervention' is defined as commencing treatment within three months of the traumatic event, with the aim to prevent or treat posttraumatic stress disorder, ongoing distress or acute stress disorder. In natural disaster situations, specific issues may limit the amount of time available for treatment and the possibility of interventions. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used without regard to these limits. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of EMDR, Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP) provided within three months of the traumatic event to a large sample of individuals exposed to the earthquake that hit Emilia Romagna Region (Northern Italy) in 2012. This study is based on a retrospective review of medical records collected during the activities of psychological and psychosocial unit in the immediate aftermath of earthquake. In total, 529 participants completed the Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R) (pre e post treatment). In order to provide a comparison similar to a waitlist-like control group, a method of cohort analysis was applied. In addition, possible time dependent effect was tested. ET (early-treated sample, participants treated within one month after the earthquake) and LT (late-treated sample, participants treated after the first month from the earthquake) reported at post-treatment an improvement to a level below the IES-R cutoff (65.8% of the ET sample and 64.02% of the LT sample). Control group analogue and time-outcome correlation suggest that positive changes in symptoms were likely due to the treatment provided and not merely to the time lapse from the traumatic event. The results of this study suggest that EMDR is a viable treatment option in response to a disaster crisis and in reducing psychological distress of acutely traumatized individuals within the context of a natural disaster.

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2018
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