Childhood trauma remembered: A report on the current scientific knowledge base and its applications

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-109

  Roth, Susan ^a,b   Friedman, Matthew J ^b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTSS ^*

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0031881110     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v07n01_07     Document Type: Article

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