Autobiographical memory specificity to attachment-related cues improves in major depression during initial psychodynamic treatment

Key Points

• This research aims to explore how specific memories related to attachment improve in patients with major depression during the early stages of psychodynamic therapy.
• Examined patients with major depression undergoing early psychodynamic treatment
• Measured autobiographical memory specificity
• Assessed the influence of attachment style and affective suppression
• Patients exhibited increased autobiographical memory specificity during treatment
• Improvements in memory specificity were influenced by individual attachment styles
• Affective suppression moderated the relationship between therapy and memory specificity improvements