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30 - Pediatric Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Pharmacological Augmented Treatments

from Part III - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

Lara J. Farrell
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Thomas H. Ollendick
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Peter Muris
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD
Improving Access and Outcomes
, pp. 629 - 649
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