Childhood Maltreatment and Internalized Shame in Adults with a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-457

  Fowke, Alex ^a,b   Ross, Susan ^b   Ashcroft, Katie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar Disorder; Child Abuse; Childhood Emotional Abuse; Childhood Emotional Neglect; Internalized Shame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHAME;

EID: 84866319197     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.752     Document Type: Article

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