Cognitive inhibition and interference in dissociative identity disorder: The effects of anxiety on specific executive functions

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-764

  Dorahy, Martin J ^a,b   McCusker, Chris G ^b   Loewenstein, Richard J ^c   Colbert, Kimberly ^c   Mulholland, Ciaran ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive inhibition; Dissociative identity disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33645012697     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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