Psychological defenses and psychiatric symptoms in adults with pediatric spinal cord injuries

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 669-672

  Sammallahti, P ^a   Kannisto, M ^a   Aalberg, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pediatric spinal cord injury; Psychiatric morbidity; Psychological defenses; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0029821664     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.121     Document Type: Article

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