Recordamos nuevamente que esta sección se ha convertido en lectura obligada para todos aquellos interesados en síntesis fundamentales de tópicos muchos veces polémicos y controvertidos.
Para esta ocasión Jonathan Bisson nos habla de la memoria estresante fruto de eventos traumáticos muchas veces propiciados por desordenes de estrés post-traumático.
Anyone can experience a major traumatic event; some are more likely to than others but most of us will suffer trauma at some time in our lives. Most traumatic experiences are processed through a normal response, with or without distress but without the development of mental disorder. Traumatic memories characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder are unbidden, intrusive, vivid, distressing and accompanied by avoidance of them and their triggers. They are often amenable to treatment; trauma-focused psychological therapies are the treatments of choice. Some medications and non-trauma-focused psychological therapies can reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and their impact on functioning.
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Bisson, J. (2014). Trauma and memory - in 100 words The British Journal of Psychiatry, 204 (6), 494-494 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.108571
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