Responding to mental health needs after terror attacks

@article{Allsopp2019RespondingTM,
  title={Responding to mental health needs after terror attacks},
  author={Kate Allsopp and Chris R. Brewin and Alan Barrett and Richard Williams and Daniel Hind and Prathiba Chitsabesan and Paul French},
  journal={BMJ},
  year={2019},
  volume={366}
}
Serious problems identified after the 2005 London bombings still remain, argue Kate Allsopp and colleagues 
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