Psychological assessment of patients with dissociative identity disorder

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-168

  Brand, Bethany L ^a   Armstrong, Judith G ^b   Loewenstein, Richard J ^c,d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MMPI; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER; RORSCHACH TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33644857603     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2005.10.014     Document Type: Review

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