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Post-traumatic stress disorder: diagnostic issues and epidemiology in adult survivors of traumatic events

Deborah Lee Traumatic Stress Clinic, Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust, London, UK
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Kerry Young
Pages 150-158 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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