General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 345-352 , November 1998

Posttraumatic stress disorder in response to HIV infection

  • Brian Kelly, Ph.D. (B.Med., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (B.K.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Dr. Brian Kelly, Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia
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  • B. Raphael, M.D. (A.M., F.A.S.S.A., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.R.C.Psych.)

      Affiliations

    • New South Wales Department of Health, North Sydney, NSW, Australia (B.R.)
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  • F. Judd (D.P.M., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.)

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (G.B., F.J., G.K.)
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  • M. Perdices, B.A., Ph.D. (M.A.)

      Affiliations

    • Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia (M.P.)
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  • G. Kernutt, M.B.B.S. (D.P.M., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.)

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (G.B., F.J., G.K.)
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  • P. Burnett, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cognitive Processes in Learning, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (P.B.)
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  • M. Dunne, B.A., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (M.D.)
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  • G. Burrows, M.D. (Ch.B., D.P.M., F.R.A.N.C.Z.P., F.R.C.Psych, M.R.A.C.M.A.)

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (G.B., F.J., G.K.)

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General Hospital Psychiatry
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