Three Controversies about Dissociative Identity Disorder

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-23

  Elzinga, Bernet M ^a,b   Van Dyck, Richard ^a   Spinhoven, Philip ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002237765     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0879(199803)5:1<13::AID-CPP148>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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