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Brief Intervention For Distress Related To Difficult And Traumatic Memories
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0011-7770
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Social Work.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Social Work.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6355-660x
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2019 (English)In: Libro de Actas, Granada: Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual , 2019, p. 268-Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Many people experience distress from memories of adverse events, so called trauma memories. Trauma interventions are often long and expensive and not easily accessible to, for example, people with sub clinical symptoms or refugees. Based on findings in neurocognitive basic research, a brief method to remedy symptoms related to trauma memories has been developed. The method consists of a one hour psychoeducative session in which individuals learn about distressing traumatic memories and how to handle them. The method aims to teach a way to deploy brain resources during reactivation of a memory in order to reduce fear and anxiety at reconsolidation. Nineteen individuals with difficult and distressing memories participated in a pilot trial. In a one hour session, participants were tought the method and basic knowledge about underlying brain functioning. They were instructed to practice the method during the following week. Pre, post (+1 week), and follow up (+ 5 weeks) measures of symptoms of posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety, showed significant decrease on all three scales with a persistant decrease at follow up. In general, results indicate that brief treatment methods can help results indicate that briefer methods can help people suffering from trauma memories.

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Granada: Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual , 2019. p. 268-
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46247OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-46247DiVA, id: diva2:1702598
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XII Congreso Internacional y XVII Nacional de Psicología Clínica. Santander (España), 13-16 de noviembre de 2019
Available from: 2022-10-11 Created: 2022-10-11 Last updated: 2022-10-11Bibliographically approved

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Bjärtå, AnnaBernhardsson, JensTjernberg, MichaelaÅhs, FredrikSundin, Örjan

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