ReviewHarvard review of psychiatry
Interoception in Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials with Interoception-Based Interventions.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neural correlates of altered interoception in depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effects of mindfulness meditation training on self-reported interoception.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Bad dream, nightmares and psychopathology: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for interoception in mental health disorders: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness Training vs Recovery Support for Opioid Use, Craving, and Anxiety During Buprenorphine Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Change starts with the body: Interoceptive appreciation mediates the effect of mindfulness training on behavior change - an effect moderated by depression severity.Psychiatry research · 2024Trial
- General and anxiety-linked influences of acute serotonin reuptake inhibition on neural responses associated with attended visceral sensation.Translational psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Losing trust in body sensations: Interoceptive awareness and depression symptom severity among primary care patients.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Trial
- Selective interoception impairments and treatment effects in borderline personality disorder.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Bodily Self : How the Social Environment Influences Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Synchronization of Cardiac and Musical Signals Improves Interoceptive, Cardiac, and Emotional Functioning.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Physical activity intensities and depression in colorectal cancer: interoceptive accuracy as a mediator and mindfulness as a moderator.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Improving mental health through body-awareness with dynamic interpersonal therapy in patients with persistent somatic symptoms: an explorative cohort study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Latent profiles of adherence to lymphedema prevention behaviors and associated factors among breast cancer patients after surgery: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Holistic Care Clinic for People with Parkinson's Disease: Outcome from a Newly Developed Service.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- When simulation becomes physical: vicarious symptoms in standardized patients during osces.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Bodily Self-Disturbances and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Review
- Stretch-induced blood pressure moderation: A potential basis for the sense of well-being accompanying stretching of upper back and neck muscles.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Interoceptive Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders and Non-invasive Neuromodulation for Improving Interoception.Neuroscience bulletin · 2025Review
- The role of interoceptive awareness in social anxiety disorder - results of an internet-based CBT-manualized therapist delivered group-treatment.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Interoception, or the process of sensing, interpreting, and integrating internal bodily signals, has increasingly been the subject of scientific research over the past decade but is still not well known in clinical practice. The aim of this article is to review clinical treatment interventions that use interoception, to synthesize the current research knowledge, and to identify the gaps where future research is needed. We conducted a comprehensive literature search on randomized, controlled trials that both include interoception in treatment interventions for individuals with psychiatric disorders and measure aspects of interoception using self-report measures. Out of 14 randomized, controlled trials identified, 7 found that interventions with interoception were effective in ameliorating symptoms. These studies included individuals with anxiety disorders, eating disorders, psychosomatic disorders, and addictive disorders. All of the intervention studies with positive clinical outcomes also demonstrated changes on interoceptive measures; however, these measures were often related to specific illness symptoms. Interoception may be a mechanism of action in improving clinical symptomatology, though studies incorporating general, symptom-independent interoceptive measures remain scarce. To further our understanding of the role interoception has in psychiatric disorders and their treatment, more studies integrating interoceptive measures are needed, along with a clearer definition of interoceptive terms used.
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