The science and folklore of traumatic amnesia

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Repression; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEMORY DISORDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 2942580816     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/bph056     Document Type: Review

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