Modulating cognitive bias in the context of depression: mental imagery, emotion and behaviour

Thesis

Abstract:: The overarching aim of this thesis was to contribute towards the translation of a laboratory paradigm into a clinical intervention: that is, to develop a positive Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) technique using mental imagery into an internet-based computerized intervention for people with clinical depression. Preliminary studies using an imagery-based CBM to modify interpretation bias in depression have shown significant effects of the CBM in alleviating depressive symptoms. We know ver...
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Psychiatry
Research group:: Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapies (EPaCT)
Oxford college:: Worcester College
Role:: Author

Language:: English
Keywords:: cognitive bias modification

depression

mental imagery
Subjects:: Evidence based mental health

Cognitive therapy

Experimental psychopathology
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Deposit date:: 2015-02-17

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