Factors associated with pathological dissociation in the general population

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Maaranen, Päivi ^a   Tanskanen, Antti ^a   Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a   Haatainen, Kaisa ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^a   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alexithymia; Depression; Pathological dissociation; Population; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALEXITHYMIA; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 19644382993     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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