Dissociation in PTSD

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 447-456

  Waelde, Lynn C ^a   Silvern, Louise ^b   Carlson, Eve ^c   Fairbank, John A ^d   Kletter, Hilit ^c  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Duke University Medical Center ^*

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84921282200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893920     Document Type: Chapter

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