Inducing traumatic attachment in adults with a history of child abuse: Forensic applications

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 4-15

  de Zulueta, Felicity ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment Traumatic Attachment Induction Test; Childhood trauma; Forensic

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250662550     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200600015     Document Type: Review

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