Clinical Phenomenology of Childhood Abuse-Related Complex PTSD in a Population of Female Patients: Patterns of Personality Disturbance

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-290

  Dorrepaal, Ethy ^a,b,c   Thomaes, Kathleen ^a,b   Smit, Johannes H ^a,b   Hoogendoorn, Adriaan ^a,b   Veltman, Dick J ^a,b   van Balkom, Anton J L M ^a,b   Draijer, Nel ^a,b  

^a GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PsyQ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adult survivors of child abuse; child abuse; personality assessment; posttraumatic stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84861157724     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2011.641496     Document Type: Article

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