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Psychological debriefing for acute trauma - a welcome demise?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Louise Conlon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Thomas J Fahy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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