Dissociation in Patients with Chronic PTSD: Hyperactivation and Hypoactivation Patterns, Clinical and Neuroimaging Perspectives

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 373-380

  Pain, Clare ^a   Bluhm, Robyn L ^b   Lanius, Ruth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84921310116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893920     Document Type: Chapter

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