Telephone-guided imagery rehearsal therapy for nightmares: Efficacy and mediator of change.

ABSTRACT: The currently best-supported psychological treatment for nightmares is imagery rehearsal therapy. The problem, however, is that not enough trained practitioners are available to offer this treatment. A possible solution is to conduct imagery rehearsal therapy in a guided self-help format. In the current study, 70 participants with nightmares according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were randomized to either telephone-guided imagery rehearsal therapy (n = 36) or a wait-list condition (n = 34). Participants in the imagery rehearsal therapy condition received three sessions over the course of 5 weeks. Every treatment session was followed by telephone support delivered by postgraduate students. Participants who received imagery rehearsal thera

SUBMITTER: Lancee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature