Remembering trauma / Richard J. McNally.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNally, Richard J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recovered memory.

Physical Description:

420 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Are horrific experiences indelibly fixed in a victim's memory, or does the mind protect itself by banishing traumatic memories from consciousness? Arriving at significant conclusions on the topic, this nonpartisan report will prove indispensable to anyone seeking to understand how people remember trauma.

Contents:

1. The Politics of Trauma 1

2. How We Remember 27

3. What Is Psychological Trauma? 78

4. Memory for Trauma 105

5. Mechanisms of Traumatic Memory 125

6. Theories of Repression and Dissociation 159

7. Traumatic Amnesia 186

8. False Memories of Trauma 229

9. A View from the Laboratory 260

10. Controversies on the Horizon 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-408) and index.

ISBN:

0674010825

OCLC:

50604863