The "apparently normal" family: A contemporary agent of transgenerational trauma and dissociation

Journal of Trauma Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 287-303

  Ozturk, Erdinc ^a   Sar, Vedat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Dissociation; Family; Transgenerational; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748991161     PISSN: 15362922     EISSN: 15362930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J189v04n03_06     Document Type: Article

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