Intrusive re-experiencing in post-traumatic stress disorder: phenomenology, theory, and therapy.

Journal article

The article describes features of trauma memories in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including characteristics of unintentional re-experiencing symptoms and intentional recall of trauma narratives. Reexperiencing symptoms are usually sensory impressions and emotional responses from the trauma that appear to lack a time perspective and a context. The vast majority of intrusive memories can be interpreted as re-experiencing of warning signals, i.e., stimuli that signalled the onset of th...

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Authors: Ehlers, A; Hackmann, A; Michael, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Memory (Hove, England)
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 403-415
• Publication date: 2004-07-01
• DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000025
• EISSN: 1464-0686
• ISSN: 0965-8211
• Language: English
• Keywords: Mental Recall; Memory; Male; Intention; Cognitive Therapy; Humans; Female; Cues; Sensation; Models, Psychological; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Cognition; Emotions