Overgeneral memory and suppression of trauma memories in post-traumatic stress disorder

Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-352

  Schönfeld, Sabine ^a   Ehlers, Anke ^b   Böllinghaus, Inga ^b   Rief, Winfried ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34147203259     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701256571     Document Type: Article

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