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A brief, digital, imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial

Abstract:: Background: Psychological trauma, such as witnessing an untimely or gruesome death, commonly provokes intrusive memories that might persist for days to years with adverse effects on individual mental and physical health and functioning. Despite the global prevalence of trauma, scalable evidence-based interventions are absent. Reducing the impact of intrusive memories is crucial for people frequently exposed to trauma, such as health-care workers. This study aimed to determ...
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Beckenstrom, A. C., Bonsall, M. B., Markham, A., Slade, O., Ramineni, V., Iyadurai, L., Islam, Z., Highfield, J., Jaki, T., Goodwin, G. M., Dias, R., Daniels, R., Mailk, A., Summers, C., Kingslake, J., & Holmes, E. A. (2026). A brief, digital, imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 13(3), 233–247.

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Beckenstrom, AC, et al. “A Brief, Digital, Imagery-Competing Task Intervention for Stopping Intrusive Memories in Trauma-Exposed Health-Care Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian Adaptive Randomised Clinical Trial.” Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 13, no. 3, 2026, pp. 233–47.

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Beckenstrom, AC, MB Bonsall, A Markham, et al. 2026. “A Brief, Digital, Imagery-Competing Task Intervention for Stopping Intrusive Memories in Trauma-Exposed Health-Care Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian Adaptive Randomised Clinical Trial.” Lancet Psychiatry 13 (3): 233–47.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Biology
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+ Slade, O More by this author

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Journal:: Lancet Psychiatry More from this journal
Volume:: 13
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 233-247
Publication date:: 2026-03-01
Acceptance date:: 2025-12-11
DOI:: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00397-9
EISSN:: 2215-0374
ISSN:: 2215-0366

Language:: English
Pubs id:: 2349973
Local pid:: pubs:2349973
Deposit date:: 2025-12-15
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_b20809fd949c43979afcbe2ae610f491

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Copyright date:: 2026
Rights statement:: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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