Reescritura de imágenes para el tratamiento del estrés postraumáticoanálisis y revisión

  1. Alejandro Miguel-Álvaro
  2. María Crespo
Journal:
Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología

ISSN: 1130-5274

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 30

Issue: 3

Pages: 137-146

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/CLYSA2019A19 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has many effective psychotherapeutic treatment alternatives. Within these, one of the less known in the Spanish language is the Imagery Rescripting (IR). The present study aims to characterize IR and conduct a systematic review on their efficacy in PTSD treatment. IR is a young technique intended to change memories or mental representations that are aversive to the patients. IR has shown efficacy in addressing those problems related to aversive memories and encapsulated beliefs. Regarding the implementation of the IR in PTSD, the results of this study indicate that it is effective but, in general, not more than exposure techniques. It is concluded that IR is less aversive to patients than exposure techniques and their mechanisms of action are still unknown.

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