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1. Gastright, J. (1995). EMDR works!  Is that enough?. Cincinnati Skeptic, 4(3), 1-3.

Language: English

Format: Magazine

Abstract:
In 1987 a 39-year-old, Brooklyn-born, new age seeker was walking in a park in San Gateo, California. Without warning she was overwhelmed with disturbing thoughts. They vanished as quickly as they had arrived, and on analysis she decided that the improvement occurred after she had flicked her eyes from side to side. She tried the technique on other traumatic memories and noticed that after the eye movement the memories just "didn't have the same charge." When she tried the technique with friends, she noticed that many people were unable to flick their eyes properly, so she started "conducting" them by moving her fingers back and forth in front of their eyes at the correct speed. The fingers move about as fast as a tennis match on fast forward.

Keywords: General  Overview  Skeptic  

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2. Rosen, G. M., McNally, R. J., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (1999, September 22). Eye movement magic:  Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing a decade later. The Skeptic, 7(4), 66-69.

Language: English

Format: Magazine

Abstract:
While strolling through a park one day, Francine Shapiro notices that certain of her troubling thoughts suddenly lost their distressing qualities. Curious about what had happened; Shapiro regenerated the mental images and again found them no longer upsetting. Attending closely to her behavior, she realized that her eyes had been spontaneously and rapidly shifting back and forth. Suspecting that rapid eye movements might possess hitherto untapped therapeutic powers, Shapiro began informal tests on her friends. She asked them to concentrate on a traumatic or disturbing memory and to track her finger visually as she moved it back and forth in front of their eyes. Her friends reported feeling better and their memories were no longer disturbing.
Reprinted in M. Shermer (ed.), The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience,Volume I, Santa Barbara:ABC-CLIO, Inc.

Keywords: Practice  Skepticism  Theory  

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3. Lohr, J. M., Devilly, G., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Olatunji, B. O. (2006). First do no harm, and then do some good: Science and professional responsibility in the response to disaster and trauma. the Behavior Therapist, 29, 131-135.

Language: English

Format: Newsletter

Abstract:
Qualitative reviews and meta-analyses of peer-reviewed EMDR outcome studies have consistently found that there is overwhelming evidence that eye movements are neither a necessary nor useful component of the general clinical protocol (e.g., Devilly, 2002; Lohr, Lilienfeld, Tolin, & Herbert, 1999; Davidson & Parker, 2001); there is strong and consistent evidence that EMDR is better than no treatment and ineffective treatments, but no more effective than other treatments that use some aspect of exposure therapy (Devilly, 2002; McNally, 1999); and there is growing evidence that a cognitive-behavioral treatment including exposure is superior to EMDR for long-term effectiveness (Devilly & Spence, 1999; Taylor, Thodarson, Maxfield, & Fedoroff, 2003). In sum, “what is effective in EMDR is not new, and what is new is[not effective” (McNally, 1999, p. 619.[Excerpt]

Keywords: Skeptic  

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