Psychobiology of dissociation and its clinical assessment

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Ptacek, Radek ^a   Bob, Petr ^a   Paclt, Ivo ^a   Pavlat, Josef ^a   Jasova, Denisa ^a   Zvolsky, Petr ^a   Raboch, Jiri ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Dissociative experiences scale; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSATION; VALIDITY;

EID: 34248398807     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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