Imagery, Psychotherapy

Preferred Label : Imagery, Psychotherapy;

MeSH definition : The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994);

MeSH synonym : guided imagery; imagery, guided; Imagery, Psychotherapeutic; Imagery (Psychotherapy); Psychotherapy Imagery; Psychotherapeutic Imagery; Imagery Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy, Imagery;

CISMeF synonym : imagery (Psychotherapy); imageries (psychotherapy); imagery;

MeSH hyponym : directed reverie therapy; Directed Reverie Therapies; Reverie Therapies, Directed; Reverie Therapy, Directed; Therapies, Directed Reverie; Therapy, Directed Reverie;

MeSH annotation : a psychother technique; do not confuse with the imagery or mental images produced by the imagination ( IMAGINATION); DF: IMAGERY; a psychotherapy technique; do not confuse with the imagery or mental images produced by the imagination ( IMAGINATION);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagery (psychotherapy);

Details

Origin ID

D019018;

UMLS CUI

C0150627;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Image-Guided Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Imagery [Menu Imagerie Prestation Rouen]
- Imagery [Rouen Prescription Menu]
- Vision therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Imagery Therapy [NCIt concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- imagination [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Imagery, Psychotherapy [MeSH concept]
- directed reverie therapy [MeSH concept]
See also
- imagination [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Imagery Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Simple guided imagery (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]

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