ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2017
Brightening the Day With Flashes of Positive Mental Imagery: A Case Study of an Individual With Depression.
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- Demonstration of a 'leapfrog' randomized controlled trial as a method to accelerate the development and optimization of psychological interventions.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
- The effect of positive mental imagery versus positive verbal thoughts on anhedonia.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Prospective Mental Images: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Negative Affectivity and Mood Dysregulation among Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Behavioral Activation through Virtual Reality for Depression: A Single Case Experimental Design with Multiple Baselines.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Compassion-Focused Ecological Momentary Intervention for Enhancing Resilience in Help-Seeking Youth: Uncontrolled Pilot Study.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
- Affect and Incident Participation Restriction in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2018Article
- Computerized positive mental imagery training versus cognitive control training versus treatment as usual in inpatient mental health settings: study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2018Article
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Abstract
This article presents a case example of an individual with current major depression engaging in a positive mental imagery intervention, specifically a computerized cognitive training paradigm involving repeated practice in generating positive imagery in response to ambiguous scenarios. The patient's reported experience of the intervention suggests the potential of the positive imagery intervention to "brighten" everyday life via promoting involuntary "flashes" of positive mental imagery in situations related to the scenarios, with associated beneficial effects on positive affect, future expectations, and behavior. Enhancing this aspect of the training-i.e., involuntary positive imagery in contexts where it is adaptive-may hold particular promise for reducing anhedonic symptoms of depression. Developing simple computerized interventions to increase the experience of positive mental imagery in everyday life could therefore provide a useful addition to the drive to improve treatment outcomes.
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