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Why are we using surgery as a first line of treatment for an anxiety disorder?

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This material is based upon work supported in part by the Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical Center. Support was also provided by a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Independent Investigator Award, and the VA National Center for PTSD.

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  1. National Center for PTSD, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Pacific Islands Health Care System, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical Center, 1132 Bishop St. # 307, Honolulu, HI, 96813-2830, USA

    H. Stefan Bracha MD & Stacy M. Lenze

  2. Asia-Pacific Center for Biosecurity, Disaster & Conflict Research, Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and infectious Disease, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    H. Stefan Bracha MD & Stacy M. Lenze

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Bracha, H.S., Lenze, S.M. Why are we using surgery as a first line of treatment for an anxiety disorder?. Clin Auton Res 16, 406 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-006-0364-1

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