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Intrusive thought
About: Intrusive thought is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 217 publications have been published within this topic receiving 21949 citations. The topic is also known as: obsession & morbid impulse.
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TL;DR: A cognitive model of persistence of PTSD is proposed that is consistent with the main clinical features of PTSD, helps explain several apparently puzzling phenomena and provides a framework for treatment by identifying three key targets for change.
5,002 citations
TL;DR: A close examination of cognitive and behavioural models leads to the suggestion that intrusive thoughts are best regarded as cognitive stimuli rather than responses, and a cognitive-behavioural model based on this view is outlined and illustrated by clinical material derived from a case series.
1,669 citations
TL;DR: A cognitive theory of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is proposed that assumes traumas experienced after early childhood give rise to 2 sorts of memory, 1 verbally accessible and 1 automatically accessible through appropriate situational cues.
Abstract: A cognitive theory of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is proposed that assumes traumas experienced after early childhood give rise to 2 sorts of memory, 1 verbally accessible and 1 automatically accessible through appropriate situational cues. These different types of memory are used to explain the complex phenomenology of PTSD, including the experiences of reliving the traumatic event and of emotionally processing the trauma. The theory considers 3 possible outcomes of the emotional processing of trauma, successful completion, chronic processing, and premature inhibition of processing. We discuss the implications of the theory for research design, clinical practice, and resolving contradictions in the empirical data.
1,533 citations
TL;DR: A self-report measure of thought suppression that was inversely correlated with repression as assessed by the Repression-Sensitization Scale, and so taps a trait that is quite unlike repression as traditionally conceived.
Abstract: We conducted several tests of the idea that an inclination toward thought suppression is associated with obsessive thinking and emotional reactivity. Initially, we developed a self-report measure of thought suppression through successive factor-analytic procedures and found that it exhibited acceptable internal consistency and temporal stability. This measure, the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI), was found to correlate with measures of obsessional thinking and depressive and anxious affect, to predict signs of clinical obsession among individuals prone toward obsessional thinking, to predict depression among individuals motivated to dislike negative thoughts, and to predict failure of electrodermal responses to habituate among people having emotional thoughts. The WBSI was inversely correlated with repression as assessed by the Repression-Sensitization Scale, and so taps a trait that is quite unlike repression as traditionally conceived.
1,285 citations
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01 Oct 1994TL;DR: In this paper, Cognitive Theory of Emotional Disorders (CTHD) is used to diagnose and treat emotional disorders, including depression, anxiety, and self-focus in the treatment of emotional disorders.
Abstract: Introduction: Cognitive Theory Of Emotional Disorders. Part 1 Emotion, Attention and Information Processing: Attention - Basic CXnceptual and Theoretical Issues, Selection of Complex, Persoanlly Significant and Emotional Stimuli Attentional Bias In Emotion Disorders Affective Bias in Attention - Theoretical Issues Emotional Disorders - Attentional Deficit. Part 2 Cognitive Content and Process In Emotional Disorder: Attentional Content - Distressing Intrusive Thought Interactionist Approaches To Stress Self-focused Attention Attention Manipulations - Moderating Influences in Treatment? Attentional Disorder - Cause or Consequence Of Emotional Problems. Part 3 New Theoretical Model and Clinical Implications: Theoretical Integration Clinical Implications.
1,064 citations