Peas, please: A case report and neuroscientific review of dissociative amnesia and fugue

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-435

  MacDonald, Kai ^a   MacDonald, Tina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Amnesia; Dissociative disorders; Humans; Psychophysiological disordrs; Retrograde; Trauma

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449084391     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730903143618     Document Type: Article

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