Dissociation: An insufficiently recognized major feature of complex posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-423

  Van Der Hart, Onno ^a   Nijenhuis, Ellert R S ^b,c   Steele, Kathy ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Cats Polm Institute   (Netherlands)

^c Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33746580246     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20049     Document Type: Article

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