Maintenance of Intrusive Memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Cognitive Approach

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 217-249

  Ehlers, Anke ^a   Steil, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; EMOTION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0028876277     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135246580001585X     Document Type: Article

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