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Published Online: 9 August 2011

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Disordered Eating: Food Addiction as Self-Medication

Publication: Journal of Women's Health
Volume 20, Issue Number 8

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cover image Journal of Women's Health
Journal of Women's Health
Volume 20Issue Number 8August 2011
Pages: 1133 - 1134
PubMed: 21751876

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Published online: 9 August 2011
Published in print: August 2011
Published ahead of print: 13 July 2011

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Timothy D. Brewerton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.

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Address correspondence to:Timothy D. Brewerton, M.D., DFAPA216 Scott StreetMt. Pleasant, SC 29464E-mail: [email protected]

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