OBJECTIVES: It was hypothesized that people with persecutory delusions, such as depressed people, would experience difficulty when attempting to generate specific autobiographical memories. DESIGN: 20 deluded participants, 20 depressed patients and 20 normal controls were compared on an autobiographical memory test. METHODS: Participants attempted to recall memories to positive and negative cue words. Independent raters classified responses as specific, general, imaginary or unscorable. Over-general memories were further classified as extended or categorical. RESULTS: Deluded participants recalled significantly more general (especially categorical) memories and fewer specific memories than the normal control subjects. Depressed participants showed little evidence of over-general memories, although they showed faster recall latencies to negative than to positive cues. CONCLUSIONS: People with paranoid delusions show information processing features similar to those previously reported in people with depression. The possible contribution of adverse experiences to over-general autobiographical recall is discussed.
OBJECTIVES: It was hypothesized that people with persecutory delusions, such as depressed people, would experience difficulty when attempting to generate specific autobiographical memories. DESIGN: 20 deluded participants, 20 depressedpatients and 20 normal controls were compared on an autobiographical memory test. METHODS:Participants attempted to recall memories to positive and negative cue words. Independent raters classified responses as specific, general, imaginary or unscorable. Over-general memories were further classified as extended or categorical. RESULTS: Deluded participants recalled significantly more general (especially categorical) memories and fewer specific memories than the normal control subjects. Depressedparticipants showed little evidence of over-general memories, although they showed faster recall latencies to negative than to positive cues. CONCLUSIONS:People with paranoid delusions show information processing features similar to those previously reported in people with depression. The possible contribution of adverse experiences to over-general autobiographical recall is discussed.
Authors: J Mark G Williams; Thorsten Barnhofer; Catherine Crane; Dirk Herman; Filip Raes; Ed Watkins; Tim Dalgleish Journal: Psychol Bull Date: 2007-01 Impact factor: 17.737
Authors: Pamela Jacobsen; Emmanuelle Peters; Thomas Ward; Philippa A Garety; Mike Jackson; Paul Chadwick Journal: Psychol Med Date: 2018-03-14 Impact factor: 7.723