The scientific status of childhood dissociative identity disorder: A review of published research

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Boysen, Guy A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Dissociative identity disorder; Dissociative identity disorder, sociocognitive; Etiology; Mental disorder; posttraumatic

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW;

CHILD; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 79961122909     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323403     Document Type: Review

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