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Chapter 17 - Post-traumatic stress disorder in women

from Section 4 - Depression, anxiety and related disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Darryl Wade ,
Susan Fletcher ,
Jessica Carty  and
Mark Creamer
Edited by
David J. Castle  and
Kathryn M. Abel
David J. Castle
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Kathryn M. Abel
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Comprehensive Women's Mental Health , pp. 208 - 219
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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