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Author Affiliations
- National Center for PTSD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, and Department of Psychiatry, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Corresponding author: Nancy C. Bernardy, PhD, National Center for PTSD (116D), White River Junction VA Medical Center, 215 North Main, White River Junction, VT 05001 ([email protected]).
- National Center for PTSD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, and Department of Psychiatry, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
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