An Ethnographic Study of Former Dissociative Identity Disorder Patients

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-346

  Somer, Eli ^a,c   Nave, Orit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Ofek Center for Psychological Services   (Israel)

^c Maytal Israel Institute for Treatment and Study of Stress   (Israel)

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EID: 33748868383     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Y9BT-0EUC-P8CQ-UGYG     Document Type: Article

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