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The imperative in PTSD: integrating biology and clinical practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Patricia Casey*
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Abstract

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