| Description |
420 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Politics of Trauma -- 2. How We Remember -- 3. What Is Psychological Trauma? -- 4. Memory for Trauma -- 5. Mechanisms of Traumatic Memory -- 6. Theories of Repression and Dissociation -- 7. Traumatic Amnesia -- 8. False Memories of Trauma -- 9. A View from the Laboratory -- 10. Controversies on the Horizon |
| Summary |
Synthesising clinical case reports and the research literature on the effects of stress, suggestion and trauma on memory, Richard McNally arrives at significant conclusions, first and foremost that traumatic experiences are indeed unforgettable |
| Analysis |
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
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Memory |
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Repression |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-408) and index |
| Subject |
Traumatic neuroses.
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Psychic trauma.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Recovered memory.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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Memory.
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Repression, Psychology.
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| LC no. |
2002028143 |
| ISBN |
0674010825 |
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0674018028 paperback |
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