Traumatic memories of war veterans: Not so special after all

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-177

  Geraerts, Elke ^a   Kozarić Kovačić, Dragica ^b   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Peraica, Tina ^b   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Candel, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Flashbacks; Intrusions; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Trauma memory argument; War veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; TRAUMATIC MEMORY; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; CROATIA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 33845296095     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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