title: Interventions for amnesics: a review.
abstract: Research on interventions for amnesics is reviewed which suggests that it is possible to teach amnesics specific information or memory skills but that these are not likely to generalize or to be maintained spontaneously. It is suggested that interventions with clearly defined behavioural goals and which have programmed for generalization and maintenance of treatment gains may prove to be most effective. The purpose of interventions for chronically hospitalized cognitively impaired patients does not appear to have been considered adequately, and it is concluded that future research will be hampered unless greater consideration is given to information processing theory relating to amnesia. Possible directions for future research are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003071:Cognition; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D009949:Orientation