Autobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder before and after treatment

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2915-2923

  Sutherland, Kylie ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 35548959232     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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