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The phenomenology of reactivated trauma memories in older adults
— a preliminary study | | Author(s) | Syd Hiskey, Micheal Luckie, Stephen Davies |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 4, July 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp 494-498 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Empirical literature concerning reactivated memories of trauma in older people is sparse. 12 older White British people (mean age 74.25) with re-emergent, involuntary memories of previous adversity were given a structured interview exploring phenomenological aspects of the experience. Intense and highly vivid components of memory were common as was a sense of current threat. This was compared with data available from the literature on adult post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors conclude that the process of trauma memory reactivation after years of attention seems not to have affected involuntary intrusive representations of what happened. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081010210 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: DB: 3F |
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