Aging & Mental Health
June 24, 2025
Paulina Gutierrez-Ramirez, Liliana A. Ramirez Gomez, Miranda Zea et al.
Family dementia caregivers exhibit high rates of chronic psychological stress. We aimed to determine the impact of mentalizing imagery therapy (MIT), a mindfulness and guided imagery approach, on perceived stress and positive psychological traits. We further investigated the role of dispositional mindfulness on these effects. This analysis of secondary outcomes drew from a pilot randomized...
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
2024
Saira Madarasmi, Paulina Gutierrez-Ramirez, N. Barsoum et al.
Background: Family caregivers of persons living with dementia often experience increased depression and suicidal ideation (SI). However, the feasibility and impact of therapies on caregiver SI has remained largely unexplored. Mentalizing imagery therapy (MIT) helps reduce psychological symptoms through mindfulness and guided imagery. This pilot study examined the feasibility of participation by...
Frontiers in Psychology
February 16, 2023
Liliana A. Ramirez Gomez, Julene K. Johnson, C. Ritchie et al.
Spanish speaking family caregivers of people living with dementia have limited supportive resources in Spanish. There are few validated, culturally acceptable virtual interventions for reducing these caregivers’ psychological distress. We investigated the feasibility of a Spanish language adaptation of a virtual Mentalizing Imagery Therapy (MIT) program, which provides guided imagery and...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
March 14, 2022
Felipe A Jain, Sergey V. Chernyak, Lisa D Nickerson et al.
Introduction: Family caregivers of patients with dementia suffer a high burden of depression and reduced positive emotions. Mentalizing imagery therapy (MIT) provides mindfulness and guided imagery skills training to improve balanced mentalizing and emotion regulation. Objective: Our aims were to test the hypotheses that MIT for family caregivers would reduce depression symptoms and improve...
Contemporary Clinical Trials
March 1, 2022
Felipe A Jain, O. Okereke, Laura N. Gitlin et al.
More than 50 million people worldwide live with a dementia, and most are cared for by family members. Family caregivers often experience chronic stress and insomnia, resulting in decreased mental and physical health. Accessibility of in-person stress reduction therapy is limited due to caregiver time constraints and distance from therapy sites. Mentalizing imagery therapy (MIT) provides...