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Severity and the stressor criterion in post-traumatic stress disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael A. Simpson
Michael A. Simpson*
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Centre for Psychosocial and Traumatic Stress, Pretoria Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Africa
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 704 - 705
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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