Somatoform dissociation: Major symptoms of dissociative disorders

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 7-32

  Nijenhuis, Ellert R S ^a  

^a Cats Polm Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Somatoform; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003101514     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v01n04_02     Document Type: Article

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