Desensitizing addiction: using eye movements to reduce the intensity of substance-related mental imagery and craving
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. During this treatment, patients recall a traumatic memory while making horizontal eye movements (EM). Studies have shown that EM not only desensitize negative memories, but also positive...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00014/full |