Representations of trauma in infancy: Clinical and theoretical implications for the understanding of early memory

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-277

  Gaensbauer, Theodore J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Infant Child Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0013157033     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10020     Document Type: Article

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