Trauma and autobiographical memory specificity in depressed inpatients.

@article{Hermans2004TraumaAA,
  title={Trauma and autobiographical memory specificity in depressed inpatients.},
  author={Dirk Hermans and Kris Van den Broeck and Gerrit Belis and Filip Raes and Guido Pieters and Paul Eelen},
  journal={Behaviour research and therapy},
  year={2004},
  volume={42 7},
  pages={
          775-89
        }
}
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