History of childhood abuse is accompanied by increased dissociation in young mothers five months postnatally

Psychopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Marysko, Melanie ^a   Reck, Corinna ^a   Mattheis, Volker ^a   Finke, Patricia ^a   Resch, Franz ^a   Moehler, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Dissociative disorders; Dissociative experiences scale; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149154755     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276999     Document Type: Article

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