Enhancing the treatment of anxiety: The role of mental imagery

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1024800

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This proposal will conduct the first pre-clinical study augmenting the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in the treatment of anxiety disorders using mental imagery. There is an urgent need to develop means to increase the success rate of CBT. This study will utilise recent developments in cognitive neuroscience to show that mental imagery plays an important role in the mechanisms of CBT.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $246,491.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

anxiety disorders | cognitive behaviour therapy | cognitive neuroscience | conditioning | exposure | extinction | therapy

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