Hypnotic illusions and clinical delusions: A hypnotic paradigm for investigating delusions of misidentification

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-32

  Cox, Rochelle E ^a,b   Barnier, Amanda J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DELUSIONS OF MISIDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IDENTITY; IMAGINATION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ILLUSIONS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REALITY TESTING; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749180975     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140802463419     Document Type: Article

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