Burns
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 183-191 , March 2010

Pre-existing psychiatric disorders, psychological reactions to stress and the recovery of burn survivors

  • J.A. Wisely

      Affiliations

    • Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
    • Burns Center, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2nd Floor Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • E. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • R.T. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • Burns Center, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • N. Tarrier

      Affiliations

    • Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00455-0

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.008

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