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| Research article summary (published 29 Nov 1998): |
Experimental approaches to cognitive abnormality in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Full Abstract
During the past decade, experimental psychopathologists have increasingly applied the concepts and methods of cognitive psychology to elucidate information-processing abnormalities in people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These studies have shown that individuals with PTSD: (a) selectively process trauma-relevant material in the emotional Stroop paradigm; (b) exhibit enhanced memory for material related to trauma in explicit and perhaps implicit tests; (c) exhibit difficulty forgetting trauma words during directed forgetting; and (d) exhibit problems retrieving specific autobiographical memories in response to cue words, instead recalling "overgeneral" memories. These studies suggest that experimental methods can complement traditional, self-report methods for studying cognitive disturbances in PTSD.
Author information
Author/s: McNally, R J (RJ);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Grants: NIMH51927 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review
Journal: Clinical psychology review (Clin Psychol Rev), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)
Reference: 1998-Dec; vol 18 (issue 8) : pp 971-82
Dates: Created 1999/03/04; Completed 1999/03/04; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 9885770, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )
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