Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 44-50 , January 2004

Peritraumatic dissociation as a predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder: a critical review

  • Ingrid Candel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ingrid Candel, Ph.D., Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Harald Merckelbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.012

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 44-50 , January 2004

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