Fits and starts: A mother-infant case-study involving intergenerational violent trauma and pseudoseizures across three generations

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 510-528

  Schechter, Daniel S ^a   Kaminer, Tammy ^a   Grienenberger, John F ^a   Amat, Jose ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748593848     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10070     Document Type: Article

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