Neurobiology of Dissociation: A View from the Trauma Field

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 329-336

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84872157981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893920     Document Type: Chapter

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