Ebook {Epub PDF} Remembering Trauma by Richard J. McNally

 · “ In the remarkably dispassionate and thorough Remembering Trauma, Harvard scientist and clinical psychologist Richard J. McNally looks closely at the issue of traumatic memory—its history and its application in psychiatric explanations and therapy. The book systematically lays out all the claims about repressed memories and their role in mental disorders. The importance of Richard J. McNally's new book Remembering Trauma lies not just in the superb and definitive survey McNally makes of the history of repressed memories, but also in what the book stands for: Remembering Trauma is the monument built to mark the end of the memory wars [It] is more than the final nail in the coffin of the repressed-memory craze. It is the blueprint for how psychiatry can best Brand: Richard J. Mcnally. McNally starts with a discussion of why the topic of trauma memory so politics politically charged. Traumatic memory is tied to the sexual politics of the 20th Century, especially in the last decade with the rise of recovered memory therapy (in which patients, mainly women, suddenly remember childhood sexual abuse during therapy).Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins.

Politics of trauma -- How we remember -- What is psychological trauma? - - Memory for trauma -- Mechanisms of traumatic memory -- Theories of repression and dissociation -- Traumatic amnesia -- False memories of trauma -- View from the laboratory -- Controversies on the horizon. Remembering Trauma. Richard J. McNally. Copyright Date: Synthesizing clinical case reports and the vast research literature on the effects of stress, suggestion, and trauma on memory, Richard McNally arrives at significant conclusions, first and foremost that traumatic experiences are. Remembering Trauma is essential for its field - a work that must become standard reading if that field is to be purged of needless confusion and Such a book is Remembering Trauma, by the Harvard psychology professor Richard J. McNally."—Frederick Crews, The New York Review of Books.

In sum, Remembering Trauma is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Freudian theory, current therapeutic methods, and the recent history of psychology generally. How trauma victims remember—or forget—their most horrific experiences lies at the heart of the most bitter controversy in psychiatry and psychology in recent times. Whereas experts maintain that traumatic events—those experienced as overwhelmingly terrifying at the time of their occurrence—are remembered all too well, traumatic amnesia. Synthesizing clinical case reports and the vast research literature on the effects of stress, suggestion, and trauma on memory, Richard McNally arrives at significant conclusions, first and foremost that traumatic experiences are indeed unforgettable. Though people sometimes do not think about disturbing experiences for long periods of time, traumatic events rarely slip from awareness for very long; furthermore, McNally reminds us, failure to think about traumas—such as early sexual abuse.