Cognitive mechanisms and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical and analogue research

The contributions to this special issue "Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry," are driven by influential cognitive theories of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They include clinical and analogue research and address different aspects of PTSD. Two papers focus on the clarification of intrusive memories, which are considered core symptoms of PTSD. Emily A. Holmes, Nick Grey and Kerry A.D. Young explored the content of intrusive memories and the link between intrusive memories and specific moments during the traumatic event. The final paper by Chris R. Brewin and Laura Smart investigated the relationship between working memory capacity and the ability to inhibit personally-relevant intrusive thoughts.