Memory control in post-traumatic stress disorder: Evidence from item method directed forgetting in civil war victims in Northern Uganda

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1283-1291

  Zwissler, B ^a   Hauswald, A ^a   Koessler, S ^a   Ertl, V ^a,b,c   Pfeiffer, A ^a,b   Wohrmann C ^a   Winkler, N ^a,b   Kissler, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directed forgetting; Memory; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REFUGEE; UGANDA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFUGEES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860734737     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002273     Document Type: Article

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