Animal defensive reactions as a model for trauma-induced dissociative reactions

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-260

  Nijenhuis, Ellert R S ^a,b   Vanderlinden, Johan ^c   Spinhoven, Philip ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Outpatient Dept Gen Psychiat HD   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal defensive states; Dissociation theory; Dissociative states

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; HYSTERIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

EID: 0031940673     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024447003022     Document Type: Review

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