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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.

January 10, 2002

N Engl J Med 2002; 346:108-114

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra012941

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Funding and Disclosures

Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH 49555) and by Veterans Affairs Merit
Funding.

I am indebted to Odelya Pagovich for her assistance with this manuscript and to Drs. Kenneth Davis, Michael
Meaney, Susan Solomon, John Fairbank, Elana Newman, Linda Bierer, and Julia Golier for their thoughtful
suggestions.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Traumatic Stress Studies and Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and
Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Yehuda at Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 Kingsbridge Rd., Bronx, NY
10468, or at rachel.yehuda@med.va.gov.

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