Intrusive re-experiencing in post-traumatic stress disorder: Phenomenology, theory, and therapy

Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-415

  Ehlers, Anke ^a   Hackmann, Ann ^b   Michael, Tanja ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFUSION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL; SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SENSATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4043102043     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000025     Document Type: Article

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