Clinical Review
How Reminders of Prior Combat Affect PTSD Symptoms
Fed Pract. 2005 May;22(5):14
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Catherine J. Kutter, PhD, Erika J. Wolf, ALB, and Barbara L. Niles, PhD
Dr. Kutter is a licensed psychologist at the VA medical center in White River Junction, VT and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH. Ms. Wolf is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Boston University, Boston MA and a research fellow at the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS), Jamaica Plain, MA. Dr. Niles is a licensed psychologist at the National Center for PTSD, VABHS and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, Jamaica Plain, MA.
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