Reality versus fantasy: Reply to lynn et al. (2014)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 911-920

  Dalenberg, Constance J ^a   Brand, Bethany L ^b   Loewenstein, Richard J ^c,d   Gleaves, David H ^e   Dorahy, Martin J ^f   Cardeña, Etzel ^g   Frewen, Paul A ^h   Carlson, Eve B ^i,j   Spiegel, David ^k  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^j VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dissociation; Dissociative disorder; Fantasy; Suggestibility; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; CHILD ABUSE; COMPLICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FANTASY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMNESIA; CHILD ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FANTASY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84904883424     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036685     Document Type: Letter

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