Supporting research

The evidence base, in full.

Every claim Traumalis makes traces back to peer-reviewed work. Here are the primary sources — read them yourself.

  1. 01

    A digital imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial

    Amy C Beckenstrom, et al. · 2026

    A randomised clinical trial delivering a digital imagery-competing task intervention to trauma-exposed health-care staff—evidence that the approach Traumalis is built on reduces intrusive memories at scale in a real-world clinical population.

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  2. 02

    AI-guided digital intervention with physiological monitoring reduces intrusive memories after experimental trauma

    Megan T. deBettencourt, et al. · npj Digital Medicine, 2025

    Shows an AI-guided, self-administered digital intervention with physiological monitoring reduces intrusive memories after experimental trauma—directly supporting the digital, self-guided delivery model Traumalis uses.

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  3. 03

    A summary review of the development of using a brief imagery-competing task intervention (ICTI) for reducing intrusive memories of psychological trauma: applications in healthcare settings for both staff and patients

    Julie Highfield, et al. · Discover Mental Health, 2025

    A summary review tracing how the brief imagery-competing task intervention developed and where it applies in healthcare settings—the research lineage Traumalis translates into a deliverable protocol.

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  4. 04

    Single-session visuospatial task procedure to prevent childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial

    Camille Deforges, et al. · Molecular Psychiatry, 2023

    A multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial showing a single-session visuospatial task can prevent trauma-related PTSD—evidence that one structured session, as Traumalis delivers, can produce a lasting effect.

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  5. 05

    Can Playing the Computer Game ‘Tetris’ Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal from Cognitive Science

    Emily A. Holmes, et al. · PLoS ONE, 2009

    The origin of the imagery-competing-task approach: a visuospatial game played after an analogue trauma reduced later intrusive memories. This is the foundational finding Traumalis is built on.

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