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  • 13 - Practical management of memory problems

  • from Part II
  • Edited by German E. Berrios, University of Cambridge, John R. Hodges, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice
    Published online:
    06 January 2010
    Print publication:
    16 March 2000, pp 291-310

  • Summary

    There are probably five main approaches to the management of organic memory impairment. The first is to try to restore lost functioning. A second approach to memory rehabilitation and management is to encourage anatomical reorganization. A third approach is to bypass or avoid problems through restructuring or modifying the environment. A fourth approach is to find an alternative means to the final goal, that is, if you cannot do something one way try to do it another way. This approach is analogous to Luria's principle of functional adaptation or to Zangwill's principle of compensation. The final approach to the management and rehabilitation of memory problems is to help people to use their residual, albeit damaged skills, more effectively. This can be done through the use of mnemonics, through rehearsal and study techniques and maybe through the use of games and exercises.