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Effects of Engaging in Repeated Mental Imagery of Future Positive Events on Behavioural Activation in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder.
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Evaluation of an Online Intervention Targeting Depression and Low Reward Sensitivity - A Randomized Controlled Trial
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mental imagery as a "motivational amplifier" to promote activities.Behaviour research and therapy · 2019Trial
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- Learning from imagined experiences via an endogenous prediction error.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A Journey Through Time - Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Add-on Effects of Imagery Rescripting to Ongoing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Patients With Depressive Disorders.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2025Article
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- Prospective Mental Images: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Negative Affectivity and Mood Dysregulation among Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Shifting Episodic Prediction With Online Cognitive Bias Modification: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Prospection deficits in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparative study.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Positive Prospective Mental Imagery Characteristics in Young Adults and Their Associations with Depressive Symptoms.Cognitive therapy and research · 2023Article
- Skill Improvement Through Learning in Therapy (SKILT): A Study Protocol for a Randomized Trial Testing the Direct Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skill Acquisition and Role of Learning Capacity in Depression.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2023Article
- Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People?Cognitive therapy and research · 2023Article
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- The Suicidal Intrusions Attributes Scale (SINAS): a new tool measuring suicidal intrusions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A Hybrid Ecological Momentary Compassion-Focused Intervention for Enhancing Resilience in Help-Seeking Young People: Prospective Study of Baseline Characteristics in the EMIcompass Trial.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A Mental Imagery Micro-Intervention to Increase Positive Affect in Outpatient CBT Sessions (PACIfIC): Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2022Article
- Psychological Treatments for Anhedonia.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Depression is associated with decreased engagement in behavioural activities. A wide range of activities can be promoted by simulating them via mental imagery. Mental imagery of positive events could thus provide a route to increasing adaptive behaviour in depression. The current study tested whether repeated engagement in positive mental imagery led to increases in behavioural activation in participants with depression, using data from a randomized controlled trial (Blackwell et al. in Clin Psychol Sci 3(1):91-111, 2015. doi:10.1177/2167702614560746). Participants (
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