Hallucinations as a trauma-based memory: implications for psychological interventions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Steel, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hallucinations; intrusive memory; posttraumatic stress disorder; visions; voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014173883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01262     Document Type: Review

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