The causal relation between dissociation and trauma. A critical overview;Über die kausale beziehung zwischen dissoziation und trauma. Ein kritischer überblick

Nervenarzt

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Giesbrecht, T ^a   Merckelbach, H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive failures; Dissociation; Proneness to fantasy; Suggestibility; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; ADULT; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; SUGGESTION;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUGGESTION;

EID: 13144269615     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-004-1704-9     Document Type: Review

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