The relations between posttraumatic stress disorder and persistent dissociation among ex-prisoners of war: A longitudinal study

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Zerach, Gadi ^a   Greene, Talya ^b   Ginzburg, Karni ^b   Solomon, Zahava ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dissociative tendencies; Mental defeat; Persistent dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prisoners of war

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899005996     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031599     Document Type: Article

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