Cognitive deficits in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A review;Les troubles cognitifs dans le post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) : Une revue de la littérature

Annee Psychologique

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-523

  Tapia, Géraldine ^a,b   Clarys, David ^a,b   El Hage, Wissam ^a,b   Isingrini, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

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EID: 67650305930     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4074/S0003503307003065     Document Type: Article

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