title: The memory paradox.
abstract: Declarative and emotional memories are key to quality of life and day-to-day functioning. The absence of memory or the inability to recall memories properly in an emotional context leads to dysfunction but, paradoxically, memories that generate too much emotion can be equally disabling.
authors.affiliation: Traumatic Stress Studies Division, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yehuda
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joëls
authors.forename: Richard G M
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications