Autobiographical memory and the self-memory system in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Sutherland, Kylie ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MEMORY SYSTEM; SURVIVOR; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 40649124487     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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