Regulating emotion during imaginal exposure to social anxiety: Impact of the specificity of information processing

Vrielynck, Nathalie; Philippot, Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.12.006

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“…As observed in Vrielynck and Philippot (2009), the difference in distress level might not appear at the first writing session. Indeed, learning an emotion regulation strategy might not result immediately in performance changes, but only at a follow-up period (Craske et al, 2008).…”

Section: Level Of Processing Modulates Benefits Of Writing About Strementioning

confidence: 78%

“…They were also guided by ten questions: The guiding questions included in both experimental conditions were effectively used in studies about the emotional impact of the specificity of information processing, described in the introduction Philippot et al, 2006;Vrielynck & Philippot, 2009). Questions were adapted to the context of a highly stressful event.…”

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Level of processing modulates benefits of writing about stressful events: Comparing generic and specific recall

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2010

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Level of processing modulates benefits of writing about stressful events: Comparing generic and specific recall

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Philippot

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2010

Cognition & Emotion

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“…One may argue that the alleged positive effects of blurring of aversive memories is at odds with the notion that specific and concrete imagery is crucial for recovery of emotional problems (Foa & Kozak, 1986;Vrielynck & Philippot, 2009;Watkins, Baeyens, & Read, 2009). This contradiction may, however, be more apparent than real.…”

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“…First, the overgeneral verbal and noncontextual memories that mainly relate to a class of episodic memories rather than one specific episode and that are typically observed in patients suffering from depression or generalised anxiety disorder. Indeed, overgeneral memory predicts poor prognosis in depression (Williams et al, 2007), and experimental studies indicate that concrete mental imagery has better effects compared to verbal elaboration of negative ideation (Vrielynck & Philippot, 2009;Watkins et al, 2009). A radically different memory problem that occurs in some emotional disorders involves extremely vivid, concrete and detailed images that may relate to traumatic experiences as in PTSD, or to future catastrophes, like in panic disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder.…”

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Blurring of emotional and non-emotional memories by taxing working memory during recall

Hout

Eidhof

Verboom

et al. 2013

Cognition and Emotion

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Memories that are recalled while working memory (WM) is taxed, e.g., by making eye movements (EM), become blurred during the recall + EM and later recall, without EM. This may help to explain the effects of Eye Movement and Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in which patients make EM during trauma recall. Earlier experimental studies on recall + EM have focused on emotional memories. WM theory suggests that recall + EM is superior to recall only but is silent about effects of memory emotionality. Based on the emotion and memory literature, we examined whether recall + EM has superior effects in blurring emotional memories relative to neutral memories. Healthy volunteers recalled negative or neutral memories, matched for vividness, while visually tracking a dot that moved horizontally ("recall + EM") or remained stationary ("recall only"). Compared to a pre-test, a post-test (without concentrating on the dot) replicated earlier findings: negative memories are rated as less vivid after "recall + EM" but not after "recall only". This was not found for neutral memories. Emotional memories are more taxing than neutral memories, which may explain the findings. Alternatively, transient arousal induced by recall of aversive memories may promote reconsolidation of the blurred memory image that is provoked by EM.

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“…The patient can be asked to write a script for homework, or the patient and the therapist can create it in the session. An imaginal exposure can be useful in patients with SAD when patients hold a feared consequence that is unlikely to occur and yet so powerful that it feeds avoidance behavior (e.g., Vrielynck & Philippot, 2009). The exposure should contain much detail, including all the senses (sight, hearing, smelling, etc.…”

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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Comorbid Paranoid Schizophrenia

Williams

Capozzoli

Buckner

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We report on the cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) of a patient with comorbid social anxiety disorder (SAD), schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder, complicated by alcohol abuse. Symptoms included auditory hallucinations that commented on the patient's behavior and paranoid thoughts. The paranoid symptoms affected his social interactions as this included the fear that his thoughts may be heard and judged by others. Therapeutic activities raised awareness as to how avoidance interferes with and perpetuates the cycle of depression and psychosis while maintaining symptoms of SAD. Psychoeducation was provided about factors that maintain social anxiety and increase social isolation. New skills were obtained by helping the patient discover alternative ways to view social situations, experimentation, and real-world application to disprove notions about others' predicted behavior. Treatment led to a great reduction in social anxiety, depression, and suspicious thinking. This case study demonstrates that SAD symptoms in a patient experiencing psychosis can be effectively treated using CBT.

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Regulating emotion during imaginal exposure to social anxiety: Impact of the specificity of information processing

Cited by 13 publications

References 26 publications

Level of processing modulates benefits of writing about stressful events: Comparing generic and specific recall

Level of processing modulates benefits of writing about stressful events: Comparing generic and specific recall

Blurring of emotional and non-emotional memories by taxing working memory during recall

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Comorbid Paranoid Schizophrenia

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