Somatoform dissociation, reported abuse and animal defence-like reactions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 678-686

  Nijenhuis, Ellert R S ^a   van der Hart, Onno ^b   Kruger, Karlien ^b   Steele, Kathy ^c  

^a Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Defence; Dissociation; Psychoform; Somatoform dissociation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; OUTPATIENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4544374905     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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