Childhood emotional abuse and dissociation in patients with conversion symptoms

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 670-677

  Sar, Vedat ^a   Islam, Serkan ^a   Öztürk, Erdinç ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Conversion; Dissociation; Somatization; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 70349306600     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.02012.x     Document Type: Article

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