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17669359

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
Individuals with current major depression were interviewed to investigate the prevalence of distressing intrusive mental imagery among depressed patients and study the phenomenology of these intrusions. Of the 39 currently depressed patients, 17 experienced some form of repetitive intrusive imagery (i.e., either an intrusive memory or image), with intrusive memories being more common than images. The intrusive imagery was experienced as highly uncontrollable and interfered significantly with patients' everyday lives. The intrusions were experienced with a sense of 'nowness', as well as physical and emotional re-experiencing. Despite high levels of re-experiencing, levels of dissociation were very low. The intrusive imagery was in some patients part of a wider network of key defining autobiographical memories, consistent with the idea that it is likely to play a significant role in maintaining the patient's depressive mood. Interventions targeting these intrusions could potentially result in a positive shift in depressed mood.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0005-7967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2573-80
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Intrusive images and memories in major depression.
pubmed:affiliation
Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't