A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder

A Ehlers, DM Clark - Behaviour research and therapy, 2000 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common reaction to traumatic events. Many
people recover in the ensuing months, but in a significant subgroup the symptoms persist …

A memory-based model of posttraumatic stress disorder: evaluating basic assumptions underlying the PTSD diagnosis.

DC Rubin, D Berntsen, MK Bohni - Psychological review, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
In the mnemonic model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the current memory of a
negative event, not the event itself, determines symptoms. The model is an alternative to the …

Posttraumatic stress disorder: From cognitive theory to therapy.

DM Clark, A Ehlers - 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a well recognized reaction to traumatic events, such
as assault, disasters, and severe accidents. The symptoms include involuntary …

Path analytic examination of a cognitive model of PTSD

SL Lancaster, BF Rodriguez, R Weston - Behaviour research and therapy, 2011 - Elsevier
Ehlers and Clark (2000) developed a cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) symptom maintenance which implicated the role of posttraumatic cognitions and …

A prospective investigation of the role of cognitive factors in persistent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after physical or sexual assault

E Dunmore, DM Clark, A Ehlers - Behaviour research and therapy, 2001 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of psychological treatments for PTSD is likely to be enhanced by improved
understanding of the factors involved in maintaining the disorder. Ehlers and Clark [A …

Post-traumatic stress disorder: The development of effective psychological treatments

A Ehlers, DM Clark - Nordic journal of psychiatry, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has only relatively recently been introduced into the
diagnostic classification of mental disorders. Building on advances in the treatment of other …

Peritraumatic emotional “hot spots” in memory

N Grey, E Holmes, CR Brewin - Behavioural and cognitive …, 2001 - cambridge.org
Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently report periods of intense
emotional distress (“hot spots”) when asked to describe their traumatic experience in …

Cognitive factors in persistent versus recovered post-traumatic stress disorder after physical or sexual assault: A pilot study

E Dunmore, DM Clark, A Ehlers - Behavioural and Cognitive …, 1997 - cambridge.org
Cognitive models have linked individual differences in the appraisal of traumatic events and
their sequelae to the persistence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A pilot study …

A dual representation theory of posttraumatic stress disorder.

CR Brewin, T Dalgleish, S Joseph - Psychological review, 1996 - psycnet.apa.org
A cognitive theory of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is proposed that assumes
traumas experienced after early childhood give rise to 2 sorts of memory, 1 verbally …

Emotion-specific and emotion-non-specific components of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Implications for a taxonomy of related psychopathology

T Dalgleish, MJ Power - Behaviour research and therapy, 2004 - Elsevier
Many cognitive theories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including our own SPAARS
model, propose that one basis of the disorder is the cognitive system's persistent failure to …