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Title: Changes in intrusive memories associated with imaginal reliving in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Author(s): Speckens, A.E.M. ; Ehlers, A.; Hackmann, A.; Clark, D.M.
Publication year: 2006
Source: Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 20, iss. 3, (2006), pp. 328-341
ISSN: 0887-6185
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.02.004
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: EBP 1: Determinants in Health and Disease
NCEBP 9: Mental health
UMCN 3.2: Cognitive neurosciences
Organization: Psychiatry
Journal title:
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Volume: vol. 20
Issue: iss. 3
Page start: p. 328
Page end: p. 341
Abstract:
The study investigated changes in intrusive memories associated with imaginal reliving of traumatic events in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study population comprised 44 patients treated with imaginal reliving in the context of cognitive therapy for PTSD [Behav. Res. Ther. 38 (2000) 319-345]. For most patients, imaginal reliving did not lead to exacerbations in intrusion frequency. The decrease in intrusion frequency after reliving was gradual, as was the decrease in their distress, vividness, and perceived "nowness." Poorer outcome, i.e., a smaller reduction in residual gain scores for intrusion frequency with reliving, was associated with greater initial PTSD severity, greater anger, greater perceived "nowness" of intrusive memories, and more negative interpretations of PTSD symptoms. The patient's anxiety, depression, self-blame, and dissociation were not predictive of response to reliving.

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