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Psychological debriefing for acute trauma - a welcome demise?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Louise Conlon  and
Thomas J Fahy
Louise Conlon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Thomas J Fahy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 43 - 44
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