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Post-traumatic stress disorder: emerging concepts of pharmacotherapy

Dewleen G Baker Director of Research, Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive (0603V), La Jolla, California 92093, USA and Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, Veteran Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego 92161, USA +1 858 552 8585 ext 2230; +1 858 642 6442; [email protected]
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Caroline M Nievergelt Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0838, USA
, PhD &
Victoria B Risbrough Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0838, USA
, PhD
Pages 251-272 | Published online: 20 May 2009

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