Incest, false accusations of incest and false denials of incest. Discerning the truth in the debate about recovered memory

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Mollon, Phil ^a,b  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENIAL; DISSOCIATION; FANTASY; HUMAN; INCEST; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 0029880791     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239650037054     Document Type: Article

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