On automatism

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-576

  Arboleda Flórez, Julio ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMNESIA; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SHOCK; SLEEP WALKING; STRESS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0036846008     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200211000-00002     Document Type: Review

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