Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory
Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory
Autobiographical memory plays a key role in psychological well-being, and the field has been investigated from multiple perspectives for over thirty years. One large body of research has examined the basic mechanisms and characteristics of autobiographical memory during general cognition, and another body has studied what happens to it during psychological disorders, and how psychological therapies targeting memory disturbances can improve psychological well-being. This edited collection reviews and integrates current theories on autobiographical memory when viewed in a clinical perspective. It presents an overview of basic applied and clinical approaches to autobiographical memory, covering memory specificity, traumatic memories, involuntary and intrusive memories, and the role of self-identity. The book discusses a wide range of psychological disorders, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), borderline personality disorder and autism, and how they affect autobiographical memory. It will be of interest to students of psychology, clinicians and therapists alike.
- Presents both clinical and cognitive approaches to autobiographical memory
- Readers are presented with a broad view of the most current research and theoretical approaches to memory research, written by eminent scientists working within the field
- Provides an overview of the scientific process from basic research to the development of evidence-based psychological therapies
Reviews & endorsements
'… the intellectual dialogues in the book not only shed new light on a variety of memory phenomena and psychopathology, but also agree to disagree to the extent where new questions are generated that are likely to move the field forward in the future … an excellent reference book for researchers and students of autobiographical memory and psychopathology.' Qi Wang, author of The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture
'Presenting contributions from many of the foremost memory researchers, this work combines excellent research, theory and a rare focus on clinical implications. A necessary addition to the autobiographical memory literature.' James Erskine, St George's, University of London
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March 2015Adobe eBook Reader
9781316236192
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11 b/w illus. 7 tables
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Table of Contents
- Introduction:
- 1. Introduction Lynn A. Watson and Dorthe Berntsen
- Part I. Trauma and Autobiographical Memory:
- 2. The complex fabric of trauma and autobiographical memory Richard A. Bryant
- 3. A basic systems account of trauma memories in PTSD: is more needed? David C. Rubin
- 4. Construing trauma as a double-edged sword: how narrative components of autobiographical memory relate to devastation and growth from trauma Adriel Boals, Darnell Schuettler and Shana Southard-Dobbs
- 5. Child maltreatment and autobiographical memory development: emotion regulation and trauma-related psychopathology Deborah Alley, Yoojin Chae, Ingrid Cordon, Anne Kalomiris and Gail S. Goodman
- Part II. Intrusive and Involuntary Memories:
- 6. Intrusive re-experiencing in post-traumatic stress disorder: memory processes and their implications for therapy Anke Ehlers
- 7. Mental imagery in psychopathology: from the lab to the clinic Ian A. Clark, Ella L. James, Lalitha Iyadurai and Emily A. Holmes
- 8. Intrusive, involuntary memories in depression Michelle L. Moulds and Julie Krans
- 9. From everyday life to trauma: research on everyday involuntary memories advances our understanding of intrusive memories of trauma Dorthe Berntsen
- Part III. Overgeneral Autobiographical Memories and their Mechanisms:
- 10. Overgeneral memories and their mechanisms: the relationship with rumination Edward Watkins
- 11. Overgeneral memory in borderline personality disorder Kris Van den Broeck, Laurence Claes, Guido Pieters, Dirk Hermans and Filip Raes
- 12. Difficulties remembering the past and envisioning the future in people with complicated grief and trauma histories Richard J. McNally and Donald J. Robinaugh
- Part IV. Autobiographical Memory, Identity and Psychological Well-being:
- 13. A model of psychopathological distortions of autobiographical memory narratives: An emotion narrative view Tilmann Habermas
- 14. Self-images and autobiographical memory in memory impairment Clare J. Rathbone and Chris J. A. Moulin
- 15. Experimentally examining the role of self-identity in post traumatic stress disorder Adam D. Brown, Nicole A. Kouri, Amy Joscelyne, Charles R. Marmar and Richard A. Bryant
- 16. The role of self during autobiographical remembering and psychopathology: evidence from philosophical, behavioral, neural and cultural investigations Lynn A. Watson and Barbara Dritschel
- Part V. Discussion:
- 17. Autobiographical memory in clinical disorders: a final discussion Dorthe Berntsen.
