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SUMMARY:Could we treat mental health disorders by disrupting maladaptive m
 emories? - Dr Amy Milton
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DESCRIPTION:Many mental health disorders\, including post-traumatic stress
  disorder (PTSD) and drug addiction\, persist due to the formation of mala
 daptive memories. In PTSD\, the emotional memory of trauma leads to sympto
 ms including flashbacks\, nightmares\, and intense psychological distress\
 ; in addiction\, cues associated with past drug use can precipitate relaps
 e to drug-seeking even after years of abstinence. Might it be possible to 
 target those maladaptive memories therapeutically\, to produce long-term a
 lleviation of symptoms? We’ll consider new treatment approaches under de
 velopment\, that aim to do this by exploiting the process of ‘memory rec
 onsolidation’\, and how these approaches – which have had success in a
 nimal models – could be translated to the clinic.\n
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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