2018
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000340
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Reducing intrusive memories of trauma using a visuospatial interference intervention with inpatients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Abstract: Objective: The core clinical feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is recurrent intrusive memories of trauma. This study aimed to test a novel and simple intervention, inspired by the concepts of concurrent task interference and memory reconsolidation, to reduce the occurrence of intrusive memories among inpatients with complex PTSD. Method: In this open-label single case series 20 patients with longstanding complex PTSD in inpatient treatment monitored the occurrence of intrusive trauma memories (in… Show more

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“…Moreover, a widely held view is that high levels of working memory engagement constitute the principal cognitive mechanism by which dual tasks reduce the build-up of intrusive memories (e.g., [8,14,19]). Indeed, this might explain why beneficial effects have been documented for very different types of cognitive tasks, including the video game Tetris, pattern tapping, or N-back tasks (e.g., [14,16,19]), although not all findings in the literature are consistent with this interpretation (e.g., [29,30]). As we discuss in the following, the present findings demonstrate that these assumptions lack one or more boundary conditions that need to be satisfied in order to effectively reduce intrusive memories.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Moreover, a widely held view is that high levels of working memory engagement constitute the principal cognitive mechanism by which dual tasks reduce the build-up of intrusive memories (e.g., [8,14,19]). Indeed, this might explain why beneficial effects have been documented for very different types of cognitive tasks, including the video game Tetris, pattern tapping, or N-back tasks (e.g., [14,16,19]), although not all findings in the literature are consistent with this interpretation (e.g., [29,30]). As we discuss in the following, the present findings demonstrate that these assumptions lack one or more boundary conditions that need to be satisfied in order to effectively reduce intrusive memories.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In parallel to these analogue studies, accumulating evidence suggests that already consolidated distressing autobiographical memories can lose their vividness and emotionality when the individual repeatedly executes guided eye movements whilst remembering [13,14]. Based on these findings, many clinicians and researchers are hopeful that a disruptive effect on intrusive trauma memories can be exploited in effective treatment and preventive interventions for trauma victims (e.g., [15,16,17]).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Die empirische Basis sind meistens Grundlagenstudien (tierexperimentell oder an gesunden Menschen in sogenannten Analogstudien), welche in ersten translationalen Ansätzen z. T. bereits auf Patientengruppen angewendet werden. Solche kognitionswissenschaftlich informierten Therapien der zweiten Generation können sowohl für sich stehen (und beeinflussen dann meistens ein einzelnes Symptom spezifisch) als auch in eine komplexe "klassische" Therapie als zusätzliche Komponente eingebettet werden [20]. Ansätze der zweiten Generation erfüllen insofern gut die jüngst gestellte Forderung der "Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow's science" [21], dass sich neue technologiebasierte Interventionen auf aktuelle Fortschritte in der psychologischen Theorie und das Verständnis von Änderungsmechanismen beziehen sollten.…”
Section: Neue Therapien Der Zweiten Generationunclassified
“…Das Spielen von Tetris nach aktiver Wiedererinnerung von Filminhalten auch 24h [32] oder gar 72h [33,34] nach dem Traumafilm führte zu einer Reduktion der Intrusionen in den Folgetagen. Eine erste Studie konnte bereits bei Patienten mit komplexer PTBS zeigen, dass deren Intrusionen an Jahre zurückliegende traumatische Ereignisse durch eine einfache Intervention reduziert werden konnten: Das Aufschreiben der traumatischen Erinnerung (Wiedererinnern) und anschließende Spielen von Tetris (Interferenz zur Erzeugung eines Rekonsolidierungs-Updates) [20].…”
Section: Visuospatiale Interventionenunclassified
“…Häufig sieht man sich aus der Vogelperspektive in dreidimensionaler Darstellung, so wie man es in der Wirklichkeit nicht erlebt hat. Die Traumaverarbeitung kann also diesen inneren Prozessen angepasst werden, indem die spezifische Sichtweise durch eine dreidimensionale [5]…”
Section: Das Belastungsnarrativunclassified