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Autobiographical memories in major depressive disorder
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The objective of this research was to study the relation between the processing and recall of
information in major depressive disorder. An autobiographical memory task was applied to 42 subjects
with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, 28 subjects with a diagnosis of panic disorder and 51
subjects without any psychological disorder. We used clinical scales for the evaluation of depression
and anxiety. The results of the three groups, and both assessment periods of depressed subjects, were
compared. The results indicate the existence, in severely depressed subjects, of a bias in processing and
recalling negative information. We associate this situation to the existence of negative contents in selfschemas
and processing and recall of information consistent with these schema contents. Based on the
obtained results, we consider that the onset and maintenance of depression is more related to the
information encoding and recall processes, controlled by the self’s negative schemas, than with
negative thoughts.
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Autobiographical memories Depression
Contexto Educativo
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Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 19, 375-389