Moradi A R, Doost H T, Taghavi M R, Yule W, Dalgleish T
Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1999 Mar;40(3):357-61.
Adult post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients often report a wide range of cognitive problems in memory, concentration, attention, planning, and judgement. Evaluation of these cognitive aspects of PTSD in adults has helped to define the nature of the disorder. However, there is a paucity of such work in younger subjects. This study has employed the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) to examine cognitive factors in children and adolescents with PTSD. Eighteen child and adolescent patients with PTSD and 22 control subjects completed the test. PTSD subjects showed poorer overall memory performance compared with controls. Specifically, they were worse on the prospective and orientation items of the RBMT. The results are discussed in the light of research on everyday memory in adults with PTSD.
成年创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）患者常报告在记忆、注意力集中、注意力、计划和判断等方面存在广泛的认知问题。对成年PTSD患者这些认知方面的评估有助于明确该障碍的本质。然而，针对较年轻受试者的此类研究较少。本研究采用里弗米德行为记忆测试（RBMT）来检查患有PTSD的儿童和青少年的认知因素。18名患有PTSD的儿童和青少年患者以及22名对照受试者完成了该测试。与对照组相比，PTSD受试者的整体记忆表现较差。具体而言，他们在RBMT的前瞻性和定向项目上表现更差。将根据对成年PTSD患者日常记忆的研究对结果进行讨论。
