Intergenerational processes, attachment and unexplained medical symptoms

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-99

  Kozlowska, Kasia ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Conversion disorder; Dissociation; DMM; Dynamic maturational model; Renal retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250686576     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.28.2.88     Document Type: Article

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