Surviving roots of trauma: Prevalence of silent signs of sex abuse in patients who recover memories of childhood sex abuse as adults

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-323

  Leavitt, Frank ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 0034114841     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7402_10     Document Type: Article

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