Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 178-185 , March 2007

Traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress disorders: differences between treatment-seeking early- and late-onset alcoholic patients

  • Geert Dom

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Centre Brothers Alexians, 2530 Boechout, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 34557531.
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  • Bieke De Wilde

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Centre Brothers Alexians, 2530 Boechout, Belgium
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  • Wouter Hulstijn

      Affiliations

    • CAPRI (Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute), Department of Psychiatry, University of Antwerp, Antwerp B-2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
    • ,
  • Bernard Sabbe

      Affiliations

    • CAPRI (Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute), Department of Psychiatry, University of Antwerp, Antwerp B-2610, Antwerpen, Belgium

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.08.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 178-185 , March 2007

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