Investigating peri-traumatic dissociation using hypnosis during a traumatic film

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 91-113

  Holmes, Emily A ^a,b   Oakley, David A ^b   Stuart, Aailsa D P ^b   Brewin, Chris R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Hypnosis; Intrusive imagery; PTSD; Stressful film; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845516915     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v07n04_06     Document Type: Article

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