Clinical perspectives on the relationship between psychosis and dissociation: utility of structural dissociation and implications for practice

Psychosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-91

  Bacon, Thomas ^a   Kennedy, Angela ^a  

^a Lynebank Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical; dissociation; psychosis; theory; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920695435     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2014.910252     Document Type: Article

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