Reduced specificity in episodic future thinking in posttraumatic stress disorder

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-173

  Kleim, Birgit ^a   Graham, Belinda ^b   Fihosy, Sonia ^c   Stott, Richard ^c   Ehlers, Anke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Autobiographical memory specificity; Autobiographical memory test; Future memory; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897477484     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613495199     Document Type: Article

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