Journal publications

80. MacLeod, C. & Holmes, E.A. (2011). Cognitive Bias Modification for Children with Anxiety Disorder: An Intervention Approach Worth Attending To. American Journal of Psychiatry.

79. Lang, T. J., Blackwell, S. E., Harmer, C. J., Davison, P., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Cognitive bias modification using mental imagery for depression: developing a novel computerized intervention. European Journal of Personality.

78. Pictet, A., Coughtrey, A. E., Mathews, A., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Fishing for happiness: The effects of positive imagery on interpretation bias and a behavioral task. Behaviour Research and Therapy. doi 10.1016/j.brat.2011.10.003 download pdf

77. Bridge, H., Harrold, S., Holmes, E. A., Stokes, M. & Kennard, C (2010) Vivid mental imagery in the absence of the primary visual cortex. Journal of Neurology. download pdf

76. Deeprose, C., Zhang, S., Bossward, H., Dalgleish, T., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Imagery in the aftermath of viewing of a traumatic film: Using cognitive tasks to modulate the development of involuntary memory.  Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. download pdf

75. Berna, C., Tracey, I., & Holmes, E. A. (in press). How the understanding of spontaneous mental imagery linked to pain could enhance imagery-based therapy in chronic pain. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

74. Bonsall, M. B., Wallace-Hadrill, S. M. A., Geddes, J. R., Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (in press). Non-linear time series approaches in characterising mood stability and mood instability in bipolar disorder. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1246 download pdf

73. Browning, M., Grol, M., Ly, V., Goodwin, G. M., Holmes, E. A., & Harmer, C. J. (in press). Using an experimental medicine model to explore combination effects of pharmacological and cognitive interventions for depression and anxiety. Neuropsychopharmacology. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.15971 download pdf

72. Morina, N., Deeprose, C., Holmes, E. A., Pusowski, C., & Schmid, M. (2011). Prospective mental imagery in patients with major depressive disorder or anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 25(8), 1032-1037 download pdf

71. Woud, M. L., Holmes, E. A., Postma, P., Dalgleish, T., & Mackintosh, B. (in press) Ameliorating intrusive memories of distressing experiences using computerized reappraisal training. Emotion doi: 10.1037/a0024992 download pdf

70. Holmes, E. A., Deeprose, C., Fairburn, C. G., Wallace-Hadrill, S. M. A., Bonsall, M. B., Geddes, J. R., & Goodwin, G. M. (2011). Mood stability versus mood instability in bipolar disorder: a possible role for emotional mental imagery. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 40(10), 707-713. Doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.06.008 download pdf

69. Hales, S. A., Deeprose, C., Goodwin, G. M. & Holmes, E. A. (in press) Cognitions in bipolar affective disorder versus unipolar depression: Imagining suicide. Bipolar Disorders download pdf

68. Berna, C., Vincent, K., Moore, J., Tracey, I., Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (2011) Presence of mental imagery associated with chronic pelvic pain. A pilot study. Pain Medicine 12(7), 1086-1093 download pdf

67. Malik, A., Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (in press). Contemporary approaches to frequent mood monitoring in bipolar disorder. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

66. Murphy, F. C., Barnard, P. J., Terry, K. A. M., Cathery-Goulart, M. T., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). SenseCam, imagery and bias in memory for wellbeing. Memory. 19(7), 768-777 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.551130 download pdf

65. Crane, C., Shah, D., Barnhofer, T., & Holmes, E. A. (in press). Suicidal imagery in a previously depressed community sample. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. doi: 10.1002/cpp.741 download pdf

64. Moulds, M. L., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Intrusive imagery in psychopathology: A commentary. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 4(2), 197-207.

63. Berna, C., Lang, T. J., Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Developing a measure of interpretation bias for depressed mood: An ambiguous scenarios test. Personality and Individual Differences, 51(3), 349-354 download pdf

62. Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Killford, E. J., & Deeprose, C. (2010). Key steps in developing a cognitive vaccine against traumatic flashbacks: visuospatial Tetris versus verbal Pub Quiz. PLoS ONE. 5(11), e13706. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.001370658. download pdf

61. Deeprose, C., Malik, A., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Measuring intrusive prospective imagery using the Impact of Future Events Scale (IFES): Psychometric properties and relation to risk for bipolar disorder. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. 4(2), 186-197 download pdf

60. Lothmann, C., Holmes, E. A., Chan, S. W. Y., & Lau, J. (2011). Cognitive bias modification training in adolescents: effects on interpretation biases and mood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(1), 24-32 download pdf

59. West, K., Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Enhancing imagined contact to reduce prejudice against people with schizophrenia. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 14(3), 407-428. doi:10.1177/1368430210387805

58. Kazantzis, N., Arntz, A. R., Borkovec, T., Holmes, E. A., & Wade, T. (2010). Unresolved issues regarding homework assignments in cognitive and behavioural therapies. Behaviour Change 27(3) 119–129. download pdf

57. Berna, C., Leknes, S., Holmes, E. A., Edwards, R., Goodwin, G., & Tracey, I. (2010). Induction of depressed mood disrupts emotion regulation neurocircuitry and enhances pain unpleasantness Biological Psychiatry, 67(11), 1083-1090. download pdf

56. Browning, M., Holmes, E. A., Murphy, S. E., Goodwin, G. M., & Harmer, C. J. (2010). Lateral prefrontal cortex mediates the cognitive modification of attentional bias. Biological Psychiatry, 67(10), 919-925. download pdf

55. West, K., Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Rethinking 'mental health stigma'. European Journal of Public Health, 20(2), 131-132.

54. Steel, C., Wykes, T., Ruddle, A., Smith, G., Shah, D. M., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Can we harness computerized cognitive bias modification to treat anxiety in schizophrenia? A first step highlighting the role of mental imagery. Psychiatry Research, 178(3), 451-455.

*53. Holmes, E. A., & Mathews, A. (2010). Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders. Clinical Psychology Review. 30, 349–362. download pdf

52. Browning, M., Holmes, E. A., & Harmer, C. (2010). The modification of attentional bias to emotional information: a review of techniques, mechanisms and relevance to emotional disorders. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience. 10 (1), 8-20. download pdf

51. Brown, R. J., Danquah, A. N., Miles, E., Holmes, E.A, & Poliakoff, E. (2010). Attention to the body in nonclinical somatoform dissociation depends on emotional state. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 69(3), 249-257.

50. Bourne, C., Frasquilho, F., Roth, A. D., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Is it mere distraction? Peri-traumatic verbal tasks can increase analogue flashbacks but reduce voluntary memory performance. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41(3), 316-324. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.1003.1001. download pdf

49. Blackwell, S. E., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Modifying interpretation and imagination in clinical depression: A single case series using cognitive bias modification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(3), 338-350.download pdf

48. Deeprose, C., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). An exploration of prospective imagery: The Impact of Future Events Scale. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38(2), 201-209. download pdf

47. Hagenaars, M. A., Brewin, C. R., van Minnen, A., Holmes, E. A., & Hoogduin, K. A. L. (2010). Intrusive images and intrusive thoughts as different phenomena: Two experimental studies. Memory, 18(1), 76-84.download pdf

46. Krans, J., Näring, G., Holmes, E. A., & Becker, E. S. (2010). Motion effects on intrusion development. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 11(1), 73-82. download pdf

* 45. Holmes, E. A., Lang, T. J., & Shah, D. M. (2009). Developing interpretation bias modification as a 'cognitive vaccine' for depressed mood - Imagining positive events makes you feel better than thinking about them verbally. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(1), 76-88.download pdf

* 44. Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Coode-Bate, T., & Deeprose, C. (2009). Can Playing the Computer Game 'Tetris' Reduce the Build-up of Flashbacks for Trauma?' A Proposal from Cognitive Science. PLoS ONE, 4(1), e4153 doi:4110.1371/journal.pone.0004153.access article

43. Lang, T. J., Moulds, M. L., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Reducing depressive intrusions via a computerized cognitive bias modification of appraisals task: Developing a cognitive vaccine. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(2), 139-145.download pdf

42. Holmes, E. A., Lang, T. A., & Deeprose, C. (2009). Mental imagery and emotion in treatments across disorders: Using the example of depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 38, 21-28.download pdf

41. Krans, J., Näring, G., Holmes, E. A., & Becker, E. S. (2009). ‘I see what you are saying’: intrusive images from listening to a traumatic verbal report. Journal of Affective Disorder, 24, 134-140.download pdf

40. Goodwin, G. M., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Bipolar anxiety. Revista de Psiquiatria Y Salud Mental, 02(02), 95-98

39. Hardy, A., Young, K., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Does trauma memory play a role in the experience of reporting sexual assault during police interviews? An exploratory study. Memory, 17(8), 783-788.download pdf

38. Krans, J., Naring, G., Becker, E. S., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Intrusive Trauma Memory: a review and functional analysis. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(8), 1076-1088.download pdf

37. Lilley, S. A., Andrade, J., Turpin, G., Sabin-Farrell, R., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Visuospatial working memory interference with recollections of trauma. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(3), 309-321. download pdf

36. Krans, J., Naring, G., Holmes, E. A., & Becker, E. S. (2009). Tell me more: Can a memory test reduce analogue traumatic intrusions? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(5), 426-430.download pdf

* 35. Holmes, E. A., Geddes, J. R., Colom, F., & Goodwin, G. M. (2008). Mental imagery as an emotional amplifier: Application to bipolar disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(12), 1251-1258.download pdf

34. Holmes, E. A., Coughtrey, A. E., & Connor, A. (2008). Looking at or through rose-tinted glasses? Imagery perspective and mood. Emotion, 8(6), 875-879.download pdf

33. Grey, N., & Holmes, E. A. (2008). "Hotspots" in trauma memories in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder: A replication. Memory, 16 (7), 788-796.download pdf

32. Holmes, E. A., Mathews, A., Mackintosh, B., & Dalgleish, T. (2008). The causal effect of mental imagery on emotion assessed using picture-word cues. Emotion, 8(3), 395-409.download pdf

31. Holmes, E. A., Lang, T. J., Moulds, M. L., & Steele, A. M. (2008). Prospective and positive mental imagery deficits in dysphoria. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(8), 976-981.download pdf

30. Steel, C., Mahmood, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2008). Positive schizotypy and trait dissociation as vulnerability factors for post-traumatic distress. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47(2), 245-249.download pdf

29. Holmes, E. A., & Bourne, C. (2008). Inducing and modulating intrusive emotional memories: A review of the trauma film paradigm. Acta Psychologica, 127(3), 553-566.download pdf

28. Hagenaars, M. A., van Minnen, A., Holmes, E. A., Brewin, C. R., & Hoogduin, K. A. L. (2008). The effect of hypnotically induced somatoform dissociation on the development of intrusions after an aversive film. Cognition & Emotion, 22(5), 944-963.download pdf

27. Holmes, E. A., Moulds, M. L., & Kavanagh, D. (2007). Memory suppression in PTSD treatment [Letter to the Editor]. Science, 318(5857), 1722.download pdf

26. Holmes, E. A., Arntz, A., & Smucker, M. R. (2007). Imagery rescripting in cognitive behaviour therapy: Images, treatment techniques and outcomes. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38(4), 297-305.download pdf

25. Hirsch, C. R., & Holmes, E. A. (2007). Mental imagery in anxiety disorders. Psychiatry, 6(4), 161-165.download pdf

24. Holmes, E. A., Crane, C., Fennell, M. J. V., & Williams, J. M. G. (2007). Imagery about suicide in depression - "Flash-forwards"? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38(4), 423-434.download pdf

23. Holmes, E. A., Creswell, C., & O'Connor, T. G. (2007). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in London school children following September 11th 2001: An exploratory investigation of peri-traumatic reactions and intrusive imagery. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38(4), 474-490.download pdf

22. Holmes, E. A., Oakley, D. A., Stuart, A. D., & Brewin, C. R. (2006). Investigating peri-traumatic dissociation using hypnosis during a traumatic film. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 7(4), 91-113.download pdf

21. Holmes, E. A., Mathews, A., Dalgleish, T., & Mackintosh, B. (2006). Positive interpretation training: Effects of mental imagery versus verbal training on positive mood. Behavior Therapy, 37(3), 237-247.download pdf

20. Stuart, A. D. P., Holmes, E. A., & Brewin, C. R. (2006). The influence of a visuospatial grounding task on intrusive images of a traumatic film. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(4), 611-619.download pdf

*19. Holmes, E. A., & Mathews, A. (2005). Mental imagery and emotion: A special relationship? Emotion, 5(4), 489-497.download pdf

18. Raune, D., MacLeod, A. K., & Holmes, E. A. (2005). The simulation heuristic and visual imagery in pessimism for future negative events in anxiety. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 12(4), 313-325.download pdf

17. Holmes, E. A., Brown, R. J., Mansell, W., Fearon, R. P., Hunter, E. C. M., Frasquilho, F., et al. (2005). Are there two qualitatively distinct forms of dissociation? A review and some clinical implications. Clinical Psychology Review, 25(1), 1-23.download pdf

16. Holmes, E. A., Grey, N., & Young, K. A. D. (2005). Intrusive images and "hotspots" of trauma memories in posttraumatic stress disorder: An exploratory investigation of emotions and cognitive themes. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 36(1), 3-17.download pdf

15. Steel, C., Fowler, D., & Holmes, E. A. (2005). Trauma-Related Intrusions and Psychosis: An information processing account. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33(2), 139-152.download pdf

* 14. Holmes, E. A., Brewin, C. R., & Hennessy, R. G. (2004). Trauma films, information processing, and intrusive memory development. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133(1), 3-22.download pdf

13. Holmes, E. A. (2004). Intrusive, emotional mental imagery and trauma: Experimental and clinical clues. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 23(2&3), 147-154.download pdf

12. Holmes, E. A., & Hackmann, A. (2004). A healthy imagination? Editorial for the special issue of memory: Mental imagery and memory in psychopathology. Memory, 12(4), 387-388.download pdf

11. Day, S. J., Holmes, E. A., & Hackmann, A. (2004). Occurrence of imagery and its link with early memories in agoraphobia. Memory, 12(4), 416-427.download pdf

10. Hackmann, A., & Holmes, E. A. (2004). Reflecting on imagery: A clinical perspective and overview of the special edition on mental imagery and memory in psychopathology. Memory, 12(4), 389-402.download pdf

9. Holmes, E. A., & Steel, C. (2004). Schizotypy: A vulnerability factor for traumatic intrusions. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192(1), 28-34.download pdf

8. Brewin, C. R., & Holmes, E. A. (2003). Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 23(3), 339-376.download pdf

7. Brewin, C. R., & Holmes, E. A. (2003). Psychology and cognitive processing in PTSD. Psychiatry, 2(6), 28-31

6. Grey, N., Young, K., & Holmes, E. A. (2002). Cognitive restructuring within reliving: A treatment for peritraumatic emotional hotspots in PTSD. Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30(1), 37-56 download pdf

5. Grey, N., Holmes, E., & Brewin, C. R. (2001). Peritraumatic emotional 'hot spots' in memory. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29(3), 357-362.

4. Holmes, E., & Tesfa-Michael, T. (2000). Extra contractual referrals (ECRs) - A profile analysis of patients. Clinical Psychology Forum, 142, 35-39.

3. Arditi, A., Holmes, E., Reedijk, P., & Whitehouse, R. (1999). Interactive tactile maps, visual disability and accessibility of building interiors. Visual Impairment Research, 1(1), 11-21.

2. Holmes, E., & Arditi, A. (1998). Wall versus path tactile maps for route planning in buildings. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, 93, 531-534.

1. Holmes, E., Hughes, B., & Jansson, J. (1998). Haptic perception of texture gradients. Perception, 27(8), 993-1008.

Authored Books

Hackmann, A., Bennett-Levy, J. & Holmes, E. A. (2011).  Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-923402-3.

Holmes, E. A., & Hackmann, A. (Eds.). (2004). Mental Imagery and Memory in Psychopathology, London: Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis Group. more information

Book chapters

Krans, J., Woud, M. L., Naring, G., Becker, E. S., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Exploring involuntary recall in post-traumatic stress disorder from an information processing perspective: Intrusive images of trauma. In J. H. Mace (Ed.), The act of remembering: Toward an understanding of how we recall the past (pp. 311-337). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

Hackmann, A., Day, S. J., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Agoraphobia: imagery and the threatened self. In L. Stopa (Ed.), Imagery and the threatened self: Perspectives on mental imagery and the self in cognitive therapy. Hove: Routledge, pp. 112-136.

Butler, G., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Imagery and the self following childhood trauma: Observations concerning the use of drawings and external images. In L. Stopa (Ed.), Imagery and the threatened self: Perspectives on mental imagery and the self in cognitive therapy. Hove: Routledge. pp. 166-180.

Hackmann, A., Day, S. J., & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Agoraphobia: imagery and the threatened self. In L. Stopa (Ed.), Imagery and the threatened self: Perspectives on mental imagery and the self in cognitive therapy. Hove: Routledge, pp. 112-136.

Holmes, E. A., & Butler, G. (2008). Cognitive therapy and suicidality in PTSD: And recent thoughts on flashbacks to trauma versus 'flashforwards to suicide'. In N. Grey (Ed.) A Case Book of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions. In press

Steel, C., & Holmes, E.A. (2007). The role of involuntary memories in posttraumatic disorder and psychosis. In Mace, J. (Ed.). Involuntary Memory. Oxford: Blackwell. pp.68-86

Conway, M. A., & Holmes, E. A. (2005). Autobiographical memory and the working self. In N. R. Braisby & A. R. H. Gellatly (Eds.), Cognitive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 507 - 538.

Jansson, G. and Holmes, E. (2003) Can we read depth in tactile pictures? Potentials suggested by research in tactile perception. In E. Axel and N. Levent (Eds.) Art beyond sight: A resource guide to art, creativity, and visual impairment. New York: American Foundation for the Blind Press and Art Education for the Blind. pp. 146 – 156.

Holmes, E. and Arditi, A. (2000). Feasibility of an interactive tactile map system for indoor wayfinding. In C. Stuen (Ed.) Vision Rehabilitation in the 21st Century. Lisse, (pp. 895-898). The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger.

Reports for professional bodies

British Psychological Society. (2008). Guidelines on memory and the law: Recommendations from the scientific study of human memory. Leicester: British Psychological Society. (One of several authors, specific section: Memory, trauma and stress)   download pdf / see website

The Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity. (2010). London: The Royal Society. (One of several members of the Royal Society advisory group) download pdf

Hardy, A., Young, K., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Does psychological trauma in victims play a role in the attrition of sexual assault cases? Criminal Bar Quarterly(4), 8-9

Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Blackwell, S. E. & Hales, S. (2011). “They flash upon that inward eye” The Psychologist 24(5), 2-5.

Letters

Holmes, E. A., Sandberg, A., & Iyadurai, L. (2010). Erasing trauma memories: Is this what the science suggests or even what we want to do? [letter to editor]. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(5), 414-415 doi: 10.1192/bjp.197.5.414b. view webpage

Holmes, E. A., Sandberg, A., & Iyadurai, L. (2010). Erasing trauma memories: Why we should treat but not erase trauma memories [Letter to the editor]. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(5), 414-415 doi: 10.1192/bjp.197.5.414b. view webpage

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