Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following High- and Low-Magnitude Stressors in Psychotherapeutic Inpatients

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 379-384

  Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Abraham, Gerit ^a,b   Reschke, Konard ^b   Michels, Felicitas ^a   Siebel, Ute ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000861859     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0879(200011)7:5<379::AID-CPP242>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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