Does a dissociative psychopathological dimension exist? A review on dissociative processes and symptoms in developmental trauma spectrum disorders

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Farina, Benedetto ^a,b   Liotti, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b Centro Clinico de Sanctis   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Developmental trauma; Dissociative disorders; Dissociative symptoms; Traumatic dissociative psychopathological dimension

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA SPECTRUM DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84876994684     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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