The mental regulation of autobiographical recollection in the aftermath of trauma

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-263

  Dalgleish, Tim ^a   Hauer, Beatrijs ^b   Kuyken, Willem ^c  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory; Mental control; PTSD; Suppression; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449092609     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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