Simon Blackwell
@blackwellse.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher in clinical psychology at the University of Göttingen, focussing on positive mental imagery and translational research methods. All tweets are in a personal capacity. He/him.
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The focus has generally been reducing intrusive memories (and hence improving mental health/functional outcomes) following a (potentially) traumatic event rather than PTSD prevention as such - there are now some larger RCTs, e.g.:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A guided single session intervention to reduce intrusive memories of work-related trauma: a randomised controlled trial with healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC Medicine
Background Intrusive memories of psychologically traumatic events bring distress both sub-clinically and clinically. This parallel-group, two-arm randomised controlled trial evaluated the effect of a ...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The focus has generally been reducing intrusive memories (and hence improving mental health/functional outcomes) following a (potentially) traumatic event rather than PTSD prevention as such - there are now some larger RCTs, e.g.:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
it's an interesting first illustration of an idea within a naturalistic context, and a next step would be to start evaluating it, e.g. in a formal case series.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
it's an interesting first illustration of an idea within a naturalistic context, and a next step would be to start evaluating it, e.g. in a formal case series.
I see that the "has potential" is in the context of "Pending further rigorous testing…", i.e. has potential if rigorous testing shows it to be effective - which is kind of tautologous, but I guess there is not much more that they can conclude at this stage:
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I see that the "has potential" is in the context of "Pending further rigorous testing…", i.e. has potential if rigorous testing shows it to be effective - which is kind of tautologous, but I guess there is not much more that they can conclude at this stage:
Yes, the mention of "early intervention" is a bit confusing as it doesn't relate to the case illustration here, rather something they mention in the paper as a potential future use-case for exploring.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Yes, the mention of "early intervention" is a bit confusing as it doesn't relate to the case illustration here, rather something they mention in the paper as a potential future use-case for exploring.
(Note that variations of this kind of technique have been integrated into some imagery-focussed therapies, e.g.:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
and have been tested in isolation in some RCTs, e.g.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
but this has all previously been in adult samples).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
and have been tested in isolation in some RCTs, e.g.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
but this has all previously been in adult samples).
The IBER study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of imagery based emotion regulation for the treatment of anxiety in bipolar disorder - International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
Background Intrusive mental imagery is associated with anxiety and mood instability within bipolar disorder and therefore represents a novel treatment target. Imagery Based Emotion Regulation (IBER) i...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
(Note that variations of this kind of technique have been integrated into some imagery-focussed therapies, e.g.:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
and have been tested in isolation in some RCTs, e.g.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
but this has all previously been in adult samples).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
and have been tested in isolation in some RCTs, e.g.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
but this has all previously been in adult samples).