Rapidly assessing trauma exposure and stress resilience following large-scale disasters

H. Stefan Bracha, MD; O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD

doi:10.5055/jem.2005.0061

Authors

H. Stefan Bracha, MD
O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2005.0061

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Author Biographies

H. Stefan Bracha, MD

National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Department of Veterans Affairs, Pacific Islands Health Care System/Spark M. Matsunaga Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD

Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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