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Multicausal Perspectives on Psychological Injury III: Conclusions

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Causality of Psychological Injury

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In the previous two chapters, I have reviewed recent literature in the three predominant areas of psychological injury presented in the book—Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), chronic pain, and mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). NowI proceed to the conclusions about the review, describing an integrative model.

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Young, G. (2007). Multicausal Perspectives on Psychological Injury III: Conclusions. In: Causality of Psychological Injury. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36445-2_7

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