Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Gerd Dieter Willmund Author

gerddieterwillmund@bundeswehr.org

Subjects of specialization
Implementation of intention, PTSD, Cortisol, Future memory

Affiliation
Centre for Military Mental Health, Hospital of the German Armed Forces, Germany

Biography

Gerd-Dieter Willmund is a senior physician in the armed forces and a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. And head of the research section at the Psychotrauma Center of the Bundeswehr Hospital in Berlin. His current research interests include the Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prospective memory; Cortisol; Combat-related stress; Implementation of intention; Future memory; Deployment-related PTSD; HPA-axis.

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Research Article Open Access

Complex Real Life-Related Prospective Memory in Soldiers with and Without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Author(s):

Katharina Glienke, Gerd Dieter Willmund, Peter Zimmermann and Martina Piefke

Objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is known to influence memory functions in a complex fashion. However, little is known about the impact of PTSD on future directed mnemonic functions like prospective memory (PM). 

Methods: The present study aimed at examining performance of 13 soldiers with PTSD, 12 without PTSD and 21 non-military controls without PTSD across different phases of a real life-related PM paradigm. In addition, neuropsychological tests of memory and the influence of salivary cortisol levels on memory performance were
assessed.
Results: Soldiers with PTSD performed significantly worse during the planning and retrieval phase of time- and event-dependent PM compared to the non-military controls,... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000176

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