Intrusive imagery associated with pain

BMJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. l5459
Author(s):  
Christopher J Graham ◽  
Shona L Brown ◽  
Katy Vincent ◽  
Andrew W Horne
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2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 792-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Muse ◽  
Freda McManus ◽  
Ann Hackmann ◽  
Matthew Williams ◽  
Mark Williams

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Holmes ◽  
Cathy Creswell ◽  
Thomas G. O’Connor

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 675-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiysha Malik ◽  
Guy M. Goodwin ◽  
Laura Hoppitt ◽  
Emily A. Holmes

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-175
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Katsuura ◽  
Vincent Russell

AbstractWe report on the case of a middle-aged woman with a complex psychiatric history in whom atypical intrusive imagery identified in the mental status examination appeared to represent an emergence of childhood dissociative phenomena. These new symptoms led to the reappraisal of her clinical presentation and a diagnostic re-evaluation that they represented a re-emergence of childhood post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to sexual abuse. We discuss the phenomenology identified in our patient with the aim of increasing awareness of unusual symptoms in adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse and the importance of the mental state examination in eliciting and classifying such phenomena.


Author(s):  
Emma Baldock ◽  
David Veale

This chapter describes a cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), focusing on a core concept of “processing of the self as an aesthetic object.” This concept refers to the experience of being intensely self-focused on a distorted and negative “felt sense” of how one appears to others, and of anticipating or experiencing negative evaluation and rejection because of how one looks. The model proposes that this “felt sense” is informed by intrusive imagery derived from aversive memories, which many individuals with BDD experience. Appearance may become an “idealized value” (i.e., something of primary importance in defining the self and its worth). According to the model, the negative “felt sense” of how the person looks is interpreted in terms of a threat to the self as a whole (e.g., being unacceptable or unlovable). Behavioral responses designed to minimize the threat to the self (e.g., having cosmetic surgery, checking disliked features in the mirror, and avoiding being seen by others) are postulated to instead exaggerate the sense of threat and reinforce the processing of the self as an aesthetic object. Implications for therapeutic intervention are discussed.


2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Freeland ◽  
J. L. Branson ◽  
J. T. Ammons ◽  
L. L. Leonard

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Onden-Lim ◽  
Jessica R. Grisham
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Pajak ◽  
Christine Langhoff ◽  
Sue Watson ◽  
Sunjeev K. Kamboj

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