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19413404

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Disorganized trauma memory seems to play an important role in the pathogenesis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, it is unclear whether memory organization of nonautobiographical material (i.e., sequence memory) is also impaired in PTSD. A novel task designed to assess nonautobiographical memory for content and order information was administered to trauma survivors with (n = 26) and without PTSD (n = 55) as well as to nontraumatized healthy adults (n = 30). In addition, traumatized participants were asked to give a detailed narrative of the traumatic event and an unpleasant autobiographical event. Transcripts of both types of narratives were analyzed with regard to disorganization. Results indicated that trauma memories were more disorganized than memories of an unpleasant event in the PTSD group in comparison with the non-PTSD group. However, no differences were found for memory organization of nonautobiographical material among trauma survivors with and without PTSD and nontraumatized controls. With regard to memory accuracy of nonautobiographical material, group differences were more strongly associated with trauma exposure than with PTSD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1939-1846
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
288-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The organization of autobiographical and nonautobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
pubmed:affiliation
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. l.jelinek@uke.uni-hamburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't