BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
(EMDR) is now considered evidence based practice in the treatment of trauma symptoms.
Yet in a previous meta-analysis, no significant effect was found for the eye movement
component. However methodological issues with this study may have resulted in a type II
error. The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine current published studies to test whether
eye movements significantly affect the processing of distressing memories. METHOD: A …