Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 70-75 , January 2004

Dissociative symptoms are related to endorsement of vague trauma items

  • Harald Merckelbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Psychology and Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Professor Dr. Harald Merckelbach, Department of Experimental Psychology, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marko Jelicic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Psychology and Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00149-4

Comprehensive Psychiatry
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