Intrusive cognitions, coping strategies and emotional responses in depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and a non-clinical population

Patients with major depression but not PTSD, patients with PTSD with or without comorbid depression, and a sample of non-clinical controls, were interviewed about their most prominent intrusive cognition, coping strategies and emotional responses. Evaluative thoughts were more likely to be reported...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy 1998-02, Vol.36 (2), p.135-147
Main Authors: Reynolds, Martina, Brewin, Chris R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Attention
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Comorbidity
Depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology
Emotions
Female
Humans
Imagination
Life Change Events
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Thinking
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Summary:Patients with major depression but not PTSD, patients with PTSD with or without comorbid depression, and a sample of non-clinical controls, were interviewed about their most prominent intrusive cognition, coping strategies and emotional responses. Evaluative thoughts were more likely to be reported by the depressed sample and the control sample. They were also common in the PTSD group, but other types of intrusions were also common, particularly personal memory. All three groups reported a wide variety of different types of intrusive cognition, both singly and in combination. These included elaborative cognitions, future-oriented thoughts or images that represented an elaboration of a specific personal memory. Cognitions were more frequent, unacceptable, and intrusive in the PTSD group in the month preceding interview, but the two clinical groups did not differ in the use of or effectiveness of coping strategies, or in emotional responses.
ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00013-8