Trauma and dissociation in conversion disorder and chronic pelvic pain

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-318

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Roelofs, Karin ^a   Moene, Franny ^b   Kuyk, Jarl ^c   Nijenhuis, Ellert ^d   Hoogduin, Kees ^e   Van Dyck, Richard ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Org Mental Hlth De Grote Rivieren   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Epilep Inst Nederland   (Netherlands)

^d General Psychiatric Hospital Drenthe   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Dissociation; Non epileptic seizures; Pelvic pain; Psychopathology; Somatoform disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 15044341392     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/YDK2-C66W-CL6L-N5TK     Document Type: Article

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