Peritraumatic Dissociation as a Predictor of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Critical Review

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-50

  Candel, Ingrid ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECALL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0347062278     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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