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Imagery (Psychotherapy) - Research News and Information
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Definition of 'Imagery (Psychotherapy)'The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994) |
21 Apr 2009 
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our previous studies demonstrated that mental imagery intervention enhanced poststroke patients relearning daily task performance. This study aimed to test the efficacy of mental imagery for promoting generalization of the ... Read more...
Effects of motor imagery on hand function during immobilization after flexor tendon repair.
30 Mar 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether motor imagery during the immobilization period after flexor tendon injury results in a faster recovery of central mechanisms of hand function. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Tertiary referral hospital. ... Read more...
27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: Chronic stress with relative hypercortisolism has been associated with metabolic disease risk. Stress-reduction interventions may therefore hold promise for reducing such chronic disease risk in obese youth. The purpose of this study ... Read more...
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- A randomized controlled trial of mental imagery augment generalization of learning in acute poststroke patients. 21 Apr 2009
- Effects of motor imagery on hand function during immobilization after flexor tendon repair. 30 Mar 2009
- Acute effects of stress-reduction Interactive Guided Imagery(SM) on salivary cortisol in overweight Latino adolescents. 27 Feb 2009
- The role of emotional imagery and somatosensory amplification in atypical chest pain in patients with angina pectoris: a single-case experimental design. 27 Feb 2009
- Mental techniques during manual stretching in spasticity--a pilot randomized controlled trial. 30 Jan 2009
- Competing visual and olfactory imagery tasks suppress craving for coffee. 30 Jan 2009
- A randomized controlled trial of movement strategies compared with exercise for people with Parkinson's disease. 13 Jan 2009
- Psychological treatment of fearful and phobic special needs patients. 30 Dec 2008
- [Bodily aspects of mentalization: a therapeutic focus in the treatment of patients with severe medically unexplained symptoms] 30 Dec 2008
- Imagery rehearsal therapy for frequent nightmares in children. 30 Dec 2008
- Need feedback on labor encouragement method.
30 Dec 2008 - Guided imagery and music: using the Bonny method to evoke emotion and access the unconscious. 30 Dec 2008
- The anxiety disorder spectrum: fear imagery, physiological reactivity, and differential diagnosis. 30 Dec 2008
- Cue-evoked positive affect, depression vulnerability and smoking years. 30 Dec 2008
- [Evidence about the power of intention] 29 Nov 2008
- Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: the common cold. 29 Nov 2008
- Immuno-modulatory effects of relaxation training and guided imagery in women with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing multimodality therapy: a randomised controlled trial. 10 Nov 2008
- Analysis of the nature of Spiritual Pain in terminal patients and the resignification process through the relaxation, mental images and spirituality (RIME) intervention. 30 Oct 2008
- Beyond the individual: group effects in mindfulness-based stress reduction. 30 Oct 2008
- Lost in translation: Adapting a stress intervention program for use with an ethnic minority population. 30 Oct 2008
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Definition: The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994)
Descriptor UI: D019018
Alternative terms: Imagery (Psychotherapy); Imageries (Psychotherapy); Imagery; Guided Imagery; Imagery, Guided; Directed Reverie Therapy; Directed Reverie Therapies; Reverie Therapies, Directed; Reverie Therapy, Directed; Therapies, Directed Reverie; Therapy, Directed Reverie;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: E02.190.525.249; F04.754.462;
History Note: 96
Technical Notes: a psychother technique; do not confuse with the imagery or mental images produced by the imagination ( = IMAGINATION); DF: IMAGERY