"Imagery (Psychotherapy)" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
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D019018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190.525.249 F04.754.462
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| Concept/Terms |
Directed Reverie Therapy- Directed Reverie Therapy
- Directed Reverie Therapies
- Reverie Therapies, Directed
- Reverie Therapy, Directed
- Therapies, Directed Reverie
- Therapy, Directed Reverie
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Imagery (Psychotherapy)" by people in Profiles.
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Arora S, Aggarwal R, Sirimanna P, Moran A, Grantcharov T, Kneebone R, Sevdalis N, Darzi A. Mental practice enhances surgical technical skills: a randomized controlled study. Ann Surg. 2011 Feb; 253(2):265-70.
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Krakow B, Hollifield M, Johnston L, Koss M, Schrader R, Warner TD, Tandberg D, Lauriello J, McBride L, Cutchen L, Cheng D, Emmons S, Germain A, Melendrez D, Sandoval D, Prince H. Imagery rehearsal therapy for chronic nightmares in sexual assault survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2001 Aug 01; 286(5):537-45.
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Krakow B, Hollifield M, Schrader R, Koss M, Tandberg D, Lauriello J, McBride L, Warner TD, Cheng D, Edmond T, Kellner R. A controlled study of imagery rehearsal for chronic nightmares in sexual assault survivors with PTSD: a preliminary report. J Trauma Stress. 2000 Oct; 13(4):589-609.