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Episodic future thinking and psychopathology: A focus on depression and suicide risk

Episodic future thinking (EFT), the ability to imagine future autobiographical events, is both an everyday and clinically significant cognitive process. With a focus on depression and suicidality, here we discuss evidence connecting EFT with psychopathology. Emotional valence of imagined future even...

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Published in:Current opinion in psychology 2024-10, Vol.59, p.101853, Article 101853
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