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M. POSSE

Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden

G. BACKENROTH-OHSAKO

Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden

C-E. HAKANSON

Occupational Health Service, Sweden

T HALLSTROM

Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden

M. Posse, Neurotec Department, Section for Psychiatry, Karolinski Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden, G. Backenroth-Ohsako, Neurotec Department, Section for Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden, C-E HAkanson, Occupational Health Service, Huddinge, Sweden, T. Hallstrom, Neurotec Department, Section for Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.

The authors wish to acknowledge the contribution of Occupational Health Nurse B. Tamell, without whom this study would not have been possible. The assistance of K. Olsson in data management is gratefully acknowledged.

Appreciation is due to reviewers including Dr. Christopher Alan Lewis, School of Psychology and Communication, University of Ulster at Magee College, Northern Ireland, and R. Michael Bagby, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada.

Please address correspondence and reprint requests to: Margareta Posse, NEUROTEC Dept, Section for Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, M-57, S-14186 Stockholm, Sweden. Fax: 0046-858585785.