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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  2. Corresponding author: Brandon Nichter, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, CA, 92093 ([email protected]).
  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  4. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
  5. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  6. National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont
  7. VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, California
  8. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  9. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
  10. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  11. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
  12. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  13. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
  14. National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
  15. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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