Is traumatic amnesia nothing but psychiatric folklore?

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-101

  McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Repression; Sexual abuse; Trauma; Traumatic amnesia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THINKING;

AMNESIA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; REPRESSION; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2942652418     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070410021683     Document Type: Article

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