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ArticleBrain and behavior2019

Remediating reduced memory specificity in bipolar disorder: A case study using a Computerized Memory Specificity Training.

Kris Martens, Keisuke Takano, Tom J Barry, Emily A Holmes, Sabine Wyckaert, Filip Raes

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  1. Impaired Autobiographical Memory Flexibility in Iranian Trauma Survivors With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021
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Kris MartensFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8162-4979
Keisuke TakanoLudwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0406-8654
Tom J BarryDepartment of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-1042-3827
Emily A HolmesDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7319-3112
Sabine WyckaertUniversity Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium.
Filip RaesFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2770-2806

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objectivesReduced autobiographical memory specificity (rAMS) is a vulnerability factor found across unipolar depression (UD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder (BD). A group delivered psychological therapy training called Memory Specificity Training (MeST) remediates rAMS in UD and PTSD, with additional downstream effects on related psychological processes and symptoms. Its impact in BD is unknown. In this case study, we examined the impact of a computerized version of MeST (c-MeST) on improving AMS and related symptoms and processes in participant with rapid cycling type I BD.

methodAn experimental case study with an ABA design was used. During baseline (14 days, Phase A), the training phase (nine sessions across 17 days, Phase B), and a 1-month follow-up (Phase A), memory specificity, depressive symptoms, and related processes and symptoms were repeatedly measured.

resultsMemory specificity increased significantly after the participant completed c-MeST. Session-to-session scores indicated that AMS improved most from the in-person baseline assessment to the first online session. All other measures of processes and symptoms deteriorated during the training phase but regressed to baseline during follow-up.

conclusionMemory specificity was improved as indicated by increased AMS from pre-intervention measurement to 1-month follow-up. Other improvements in symptoms were not observed. Rather, some related maladaptive psychological processes and symptoms worsened during the training phase and regressed to baseline during follow-up.

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Bipolar DisorderLearningMemory, EpisodicAdultComputer-Aided DesignFemaleHumansMaleMemory DisordersOutcome Assessment, Health Careautobiographical memorybipolar disorderMemory Specificity Trainingreduced autobiographical memory specificity

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PMCPMC6908894

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