TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cohen, Rivka T.
AU  - Kahana, Michael Jacob
TI  - A memory-based theory of emotional disorders / 
SN  - 0033-295X
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Washington D.C.
PB  - American Psychological Association, 
KW  - MEMORY
KW  - EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
KW  - DEPRESSION
KW  - POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS
KW  - PTSD
N1  - Includes appendix (pages 775-776); Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-775)
N2  - Learning and memory play a central role in emotional disorders, particularly in depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. We present a new, transdiagnostic theory of how memory and mood interact in emotional disorders. Drawing upon retrieved-context models of episodic memory, we propose that memories form associations with the contexts in which they are encoded, including emotional valence and arousal. Later, encountering contextual cues retrieves their associated memories, which in turn reactivate the context that was present during encoding. We first show how our retrieved-context model accounts for findings regarding the organization of emotional memories in list-learning experiments. We then show how this model predicts clinical phenomena, including persistent negative mood after chronic stressors, intrusive memories of painful events, and the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapies
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000334
ER  -