Distressing visual mental images in depressed patients and healthy controls – Are they one and the same?

Mental Imagery in the Science and Practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

“…This has been an increasing focus of recent research, for example via obtaining finer-grained descriptions of different facets of dysfunctional imagery (e.g. non-visual, such as olfactory or somatosensory, sensory modalities; Dobinson et al 2020;Weßlau et al 2016) and delineating its roles more precisely, for example linking the occurrence of intrusive imagery more closely to core aspects of functioning such as the self (Çili and Stopa 2015). Recent developments in this area have also included increased interest in the potential role of imagery dysfunctions amongst children and adolescents (e.g.…”