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Special issue: PTSD in the military: prevalence, pathophysiology, treatment

The mental health of the UK Armed Forces: where facts meet fiction

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Article: 23617 | Received 21 Dec 2013, Accepted 21 May 2014, Published online: 14 Aug 2014

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