Characteristics of child maltreatment and their relation to dissociation, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and depression in adult psychiatric patients

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 471-477

  Mueller Pfeiffer, Christoph ^a,b   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^a   Schumacher, Sonja ^a   Martin Soelch, Chantal ^a   Wirtz, Gustav ^c   Fuhrhans, Christoph ^d   Hindermann, Esther ^e   Rufer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Center of Education and Research COEUR   (Switzerland)

^c Schloss Werneck   (Germany)

^d Clienia Littenheid AG   (Switzerland)

^e Klinik Barmelweid   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879890268     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182948096     Document Type: Article

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