Netherlands: A new study has shown that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy led to significant reductions in personality disorder (PD) symptoms, with nearly half of the participants achieving diagnostic remission, highlighting its potential as an effective treatment option. Personality disorders affect a substantial portion of the population and are frequently linked to adverse childhood experiences. While trauma -focused treatments are well established for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , their role in managing personality disorders is less clear. Researchers from the Department of Personality Disorders at Parnassia Psychiatric Institute in The Hague, the Netherlands, sought to explore whether EMDR could offer meaningful symptom relief for this comp

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