Posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, and sexual abuse history in epileptic and nonepileptic seizure patients

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-650

  Dikel, Thomas N ^a,b   Fennell, Eileen B ^a   Gilmore, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Dissociation; Epilepsy; Nonepileptic seizures; Posttraumatic stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0346157277     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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