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- Davies, Charlotte, et al.
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Involuntary Memories after a Positive Film Are Dampened by a Visuospatial Task : Unhelpful in Depression but Helpful in Mania?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. - : WILEY. - 1063-3995 .- 1099-0879. ; 19:4, s. 341-351
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Spontaneous negative mental images have been extensively researched due to the crucial role they play in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. However, people can also experience spontaneous positive mental images, and these are little understood. Positive images may play a role in promoting healthy positive mood and may be lacking in conditions such as depression. However, they may also occur in problematic states of elevated mood, such as in bipolar disorder. Can we apply an understanding of spontaneous imagery gained by the study of spontaneous negative images to spontaneous positive images? In an analogue of the trauma film studies, 69 volunteers viewed an explicitly positive (rather than traumatic) film. Participants were randomly allocated post-film either to perform a visuospatial task (the computer game Tetris) or to a no-task control condition. Viewing the film enhanced positive mood and immediately post-film increased goal setting on a questionnaire measure. The film was successful in generating involuntary memories of specific scenes over the following week. As predicted, compared with the control condition, participants in the visuospatial task condition reported significantly fewer involuntary memories from the film in a diary over the subsequent week. Furthermore, scores on a recognition memory test at 1?week indicated an impairment in voluntary recall of the film in the visuospatial task condition. Clinical implications regarding the modulation of positive imagery after a positive emotional experience are discussed. Generally, boosting positive imagery may be a useful strategy for the recovery of depressed mood. Copyright (C) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Deeprose, Catherine, et al.
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Measuring Intrusive Prospective Imagery using the Impact of Future Events Scale : Psychometric Properties and Relation to Risk for Bipolar Disorder
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. - : SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. - 1937-1209 .- 1937-1217. ; 4:2, s. 187-196
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intrusive prospective imagery is the experience of mental imagery of events that may happen in the future and which come to mind involuntarily (Deeprose & Holmes, 2010). This everyday phenomenon may be exacerbated in psychological disorders such as bipolar disorder (Holmes, Geddes, Colom, & Goodwin, 2008), although specific measures to assess this have been lacking. One such measure, the Impact of Future Events Scale (IFES; Deeprose & Holmes, 2010), is examined in the current article. In Study 1, adult volunteers (N = 50) completed the IFES on two occasions, with 1-week between measurements. This revealed acceptable test-rest reliability In Study 2, (N = 90) IFES showed good internal consistency and confirmed two predictions. First, in the total sample, risk for bipolar disorder assessed by the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ; Hirschfeld et al., 2000) and IFES total score correlated positively. Second, when the sample was split into high (MDQ > 7) and low (MDQ < 6) bipolarity risk groups, higher IFES total scores were observed in the high risk group. We conclude that 1) IFES presents a useful measure for assessing intrusive prospective imagery with acceptable test-retest reliability and good internal consistency, and (2) risk for bipolar disorder is associated with elevated IFES total scores with potentially important clinical implications.
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- Malik, Aiysha, et al.
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Contemporary Approaches to Frequent Mood Monitoring in Bipolar Disorder
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. - : SAGE Publications. - 2043-8087. ; 3:4, s. 572-581
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mood fluctuations are problematic in bipolar disorder. Current approaches to frequent monitoring of mood in bipolar disorder are paper diaries and electronic handheld devices. These approaches are limited in several ways, notably in the reliability of the data being collected which is often retrospectively reported. The experience sampling method offers a research paradigm which could be modified for use in clinical settings, to real time frequent mood monitoring. Mobile phone technology has also recently been developed to monitor weekly mood in a bipolar sample, demonstrating successful compliance rates. We propose the use of mobile phone technology as a novel method for frequently monitoring mood in bipolar disorder. (C) Copyright 2011 Textrum Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Malik, Aiysha, et al.
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Hypomanic Experience in Young Adults Confers Vulnerability to Intrusive Imagery After Experimental Trauma : Relevance for Bipolar Disorder.
- 2014
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Ingår i: Clinical Psychological Science. - : SAGE Publications. - 2167-7026 .- 2167-7034. ; 2:6, s. 675-684
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Emotional mental imagery occurs across anxiety disorders, yet is neglected in bipolar disorder despite high anxiety comorbidity. Furthermore, a heightened susceptibility to developing intrusive mental images of stressful events in bipolar disorder and people vulnerable to it (with hypomanic experience) has been suggested. The current study assessed, prospectively, whether significant hypomanic experience (contrasting groups scoring high vs. low on the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, MDQ) places individuals at increased risk of visual reexperiencing after experimental stress. A total of 110 young adults watched a trauma film and recorded film-related intrusive images for 6 days. Compared to the low MDQ group, the high MDQ group experienced approximately twice as many intrusive images, substantiated by convergent measures. Findings suggest hypomanic experience is associated with developing more frequent intrusive imagery of a stressor. Because mental imagery powerfully affects emotion, such imagery may contribute to bipolar mood instability and offer a cognitive treatment target.
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