Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 319-320 , July 2008

Revisiting the Institute of Medicine report on the validity of posttraumatic stress disorder

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.01.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 319-320 , July 2008

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