Commentary on McNally “Is Traumatic Amnesia Nothing but Psychiatric Folklore?”

Brewin, Chris R.

doi:10.1080/16506070410027326

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“…This is in accordance with factor analytic studies of PTSD (Armour et al, 2016;Birkeland et al, 2020) that showed a consistently low factor loading, which suggests that amnesia might not serve as a core symptom in PTSD. In that respect, as this is one of the most stable findings across all studies, it is reasonable to consider the relevance of this symptom to PTSD diagnosis, although this subject is still debated (Brewin, 2004;McNally, 2004McNally, , 2007.…”

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Network analysis of PTSD and depressive symptoms in 158,139 treatment‐seeking veterans with PTSD

Duek

Spiller

Pietrzak

et al. 2020

Depression and Anxiety

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Background: In recent years, a new framework for analyzing and understanding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was introduced; the network approach. Up until now, network analysis studies of PTSD were largely conducted on small to medium sample sizes (N < 1,000), which might be a possible cause of variability in main findings.Moreover, only a limited number of network studies investigated comorbidity.Methods: In this study, we utilized a large sample to conduct a network analysis of 17 symptoms of PTSD (DSM-IV), and compared it to the result of a second network consisting of symptoms of PTSD and depression (based on Patient Health Questionnaire-9[PHQ-9]). Our sample consisted of 502,036 treatment-seeking veterans, out of which 158,139 had fully completed the assessment of symptoms of PTSD and a subsample of 32,841 with valid PCL and PHQ-9 that was administered within 14 days or less.Results: Analyses found that in the PTSD network, the most central symptoms were feeling distant or cut off from others, followed by feeling very upset when reminded of the event, and repeated disturbing memories or thoughts of the event. In the combined network, we found that concentration difficulties and anhedonia are two of the five most central symptoms. Conclusion:Our findings replicate the centrality of intrusion symptoms in PTSD symptoms' network. Taking into account the large sample and high stability of the network structure, we believe our study can answer some of the criticism regarding stability of cross-sectional network structures.

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Network analysis of PTSD and depressive symptoms in 158,139 treatment‐seeking veterans with PTSD

Duek

Spiller

Pietrzak

et al. 2020

Depression and Anxiety

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“…A third group of clinicians and investigators take a more cautious middle ground, proposing that although many socalled RMs are not really recovered recollections, it is possible that genuine RMs may exist, at least in a minority of cases (Brewin 2004;Lindsay and Briere 1997;Taylor 2004b).…”

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Current Concepts and Controversies

Taylor

Asmundson

2008

Psychol. Inj. and Law

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The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sometimes is raised in compensation claims, in tort settings, and in other medical-legal settings. Accordingly, health-care and legal professionals working in these areas need to be familiar with the current findings and controversies concerning the disorder. The purpose of this article is twofold. First, we review the most important findings concerning the clinical features, etiology, and treatment of PTSD. Second, we examine six major controversies concerning the disorder that are relevant to psychologists and other medical-legal practitioners: (a) the issue of what qualifies as a traumatic stressor, (b) the question of whether traumatic stress causes brain damage, (c) the validity of the concept of delayed-onset PTSD, (d) the recovered memory controversy, (e) the question of whether PTSD can arise when the person has no memory of the trauma (e.g., due to concussion), and (f) issues concerning PTSD malingering. Throughout this article we offer recommendations for psychological and other medical-legal practice in relation to the evaluation of PTSD claims.

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Traumatic amnesia revisited: a reply to Brewin and Taylor

McNally¹

2004

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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Commentary on McNally “Is Traumatic Amnesia Nothing but Psychiatric Folklore?”

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Network analysis of PTSD and depressive symptoms in 158,139 treatment‐seeking veterans with PTSD

Network analysis of PTSD and depressive symptoms in 158,139 treatment‐seeking veterans with PTSD

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Current Concepts and Controversies

Traumatic amnesia revisited: a reply to Brewin and Taylor

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