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EMDR steht für „Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing“ und heißt übersetzt „Desensibilisierung und Neuverarbeitung mit Augenbewegungen“ – obwohl sich für manche Patienten die Bedeutung „einmal musst du ran“ oder „erst muss der Dreck raus“ etabliert hat.

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Schubbe, O. (2013). „Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing“ (EMDR). In: Maercker, A. (eds) Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35068-9_17

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