Dispelling confusion about traumatic dissociative amnesia

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1083-1087

  McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFUSION; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 34548428211     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.9.1083     Document Type: Article

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