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even-handed eating disorder treatment

Posted Aug 26 2008 4:04pm

Until recently, I could think of no reason why " eye movement desensitization and reprocessing" deserved attention.



I'm not a fan of seeing mental illness as a wound or a protest, and not a believer in therapies oriented in the past.



EMDR as an ED therapy had an air of witchcraft to me and not until a clinician I deeply respect mentioned she used it did I give it a second thought.



"I can't tell you why it works, but it does seem to for some people."



Here's a possible clue: "right-handedness linked to poor body image" in a Reuters Health article describing a possible connection between distorted body image and strong dependence on one hand. This could indicate an organic problem behind both features. The writer brings up the idea that EMDR may also be acting on the communication between the right and left hemispheres.



All day I've been picturing Tevye, the Fiddler on the Roof : "On the other hand..."

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