Adult attachment style and childhood interpersonal trauma in non-epileptic attack disorder

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-89

  Holman, Natalie ^a   Kirkby, Antonia ^b   Duncan, Susan ^c   Brown, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Epilepsy; Non epileptic attack disorder; Psychogenic; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONEPILEPTIC ATTACK DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 40149102485     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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