On the interaction of hypnotizability and negative affect in chronic pain: Implications for the somatization of trauma

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 628-635

  Wickramasekera, Ian ^a,b   Pope, Alan T ^c   Kolm, Paul ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Natl Aero and Space Administration ^*  (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; THREAT;

EID: 0029969037     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199610000-00008     Document Type: Article

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