Dissociation and memory fragmentation in post-traumatic stress disorder: An evaluation of the dissociative encoding hypothesis

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-299

  Bedard Gilligan, Michele ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Memory organisation; Narrative fragmentation; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84859347853     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.655747     Document Type: Review

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