Israeli mental health professionals attitudes towards dissociative disorders, reported incidence and alternative diagnoses considered

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-44

  Somer, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefe; Dissociation; Dissociative disorders; Dissociative identity disorder; Israel; Professionals; Psychiatrists; Psychologists; Skepticism; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011049619     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v01n01_03     Document Type: Article

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