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The network approach to posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review

El enfoque de redes para el trastorno de estrés postraumático: Una revisión sistemática

创伤后应激障碍的网络方法：系统综述

Marianne Skogbrott Birkelanda Section for Implementation and Treatment Research, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Talya Greeneb Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3044-2841
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Tobias Raphael Spillerc Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-0743
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Article: 1700614 | Received 29 Aug 2019, Accepted 04 Nov 2019, Published online: 08 Jan 2020

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