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Psychological Approaches to the Management of Memory Impairments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Edgar Miller
Edgar Miller*
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Department of Health, Wellington House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG
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Abstract

Memory impairments are handicapping to those who suffer them, and a number of ways of trying to help those afflicted have been devised. Effective psychological approaches are likely to be based on methods designed either to make the most efficient use of remaining memory capacity, or to alter the environment so as to reduce the demands placed on memory. At present the success of such approaches is limited.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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