Using a Brief Mental Imagery Competing Task to Reduce the Number of Intrusive Memories: Exploratory Case Series With Trauma-Exposed Women

Kristjana Thorarinsdottir   ¹ , MSc ;   Emily A Holmes   ² , Prof Dr ;   Johann Hardarson   ¹ , MSc ;   Elin S Stephenssen   ¹ , BSc ;   Marianna H Jonasdottir   ¹ , BSc ;   Marie Kanstrup   ² , PhD ;   Laura Singh   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Arna Hauksdottir   ⁴ , Prof Dr ;   Thorhildur Halldorsdottir   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Berglind Gudmundsdottir   ^{6, 7} , Prof Dr ;   Edda Thordardottir   ⁴ , PhD ;   Unnur Valdimarsdottir   ^{4, 7, 8} , Prof Dr ;   Andri Bjornsson   ¹ , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

² Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

³ Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

⁴ The Center of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland

⁶ Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

⁷ The National University Hospital of Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

⁸ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States