Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 115-121 , 15 January 2008

Dissociative experiences on ice — Peritraumatic and trait dissociation during the cold pressor test

  • Timo Giesbrecht

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 388 2178; fax: +31 43 388 4196.
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  • Tom Smeets
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  • Harald Merckelbach

Received 10 May 2006 ,Revised 30 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 115-121 , 15 January 2008

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