"I'll believe it when I can see it": Imagery rescripting of intrusive sensory memories in depression

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-385

  Wheatley, Jon ^a   Brewin, Chris R ^a   Patel, Trishna ^a   Hackmann, Ann ^b   Wells, Adrian ^c   Fisher, Peter ^c   Myers, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Depression; Imagery; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SENSORY MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549086665     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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