Abstract
The deliberate effort to prevent, avoid, dismiss, or suppress unwanted distressing thoughts, images, and memories is considered a critical factor in the persistence of anxiety and depression in newer reformulated cognitive and “third wave” behavioral therapies. This paper provides an introduction to the six articles in this special section on mental control of anxious and depressive cognitions. The nature of mental control, its consequences and its impact on depressive cognitions, trauma-related intrusions, worry, and normal daily distressing thoughts are reviewed in some articles, empirically investigated in others but critically analyzed and elaborated by all of the contributors to this section.
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