Mental Imagery in Depression: Phenomenology, Potential Mechanisms, and Treatment Implications

Holmes, Emily A.Karolinska Institutet,MRC, Cognit & Brain Sci Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, England;Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Neurosci, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden (författare)

Mental Imagery in Depression : Phenomenology, Potential Mechanisms, and Treatment Implications

Mental imagery is an experience like perception in the absence of a percept. It is a ubiquitous feature of human cognition, yet it has been relatively neglected in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of depression. Imagery abnormalities in depression include an excess of intrusive negative mental imagery; impoverished positive imagery; bias for observer perspective imagery; and overgeneral memory, in which specific imagery is lacking. We consider the contribution of imagery dysfunctions to depressive psychopathology and implications for cognitive behavioral interventions. Treatment advances capitalizing on the representational format of imagery (as opposed to its content) are reviewed, including imagery rescripting, positive imagery generation, and memory specificity training. Consideration of mental imagery can contribute to clinical assessment and imagery-focused psychological therapeutic techniques and promote investigation of underlying mechanisms for treatment innovation. Research into mental imagery in depression is at an early stage. Work that bridges clinical psychology and neuroscience in the investigation of imagery-related mechanisms is recommended.

Blackwell, Simon E.MRC, Cognit & Brain Sci Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, England (författare)
Heyes, Stephanie BurnettUniv Birmingham, Sch Psychol, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England;Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3UD, England (författare)
Renner, FritzMRC, Cognit & Brain Sci Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, England (författare)
Raes, FilipUniv Leuven, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium (författare)
Cannon, TD (författare)
Widiger, T (författare)
Karolinska InstitutetMRC, Cognit & Brain Sci Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, England;Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Neurosci, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:ANNUAL REVIEW OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, VOL 12: ANNUAL REVIEWS, s. 249-2801548-59511548-59439780824339128

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