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Exposure Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Four Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David A. Richards*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
John S. Rose
Affiliation:
formerly Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, London, now Dept of Psychotherapy, Temple House, Mill Hill Lane, Derby DE3 6SA
*
Correspondence
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