Childhood trauma and dissociation in women with pseudoseizure-type conversion disorder

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 462-468

  Ozcetin, Adnan ^a   Belli, Hasan ^b   Ertem, Umit ^b   Bahcebasi, Talat ^a   Ataoglu, Ahmet ^a   Canan, Fatih ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Conversion; Dissociation; Pseudoseizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSEUDOSEIZURE TYPE CONVERSION DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 72049129152     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039480903029728     Document Type: Article

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