Psychotherapy: definitions, mechanisms of action, and relationship to etiological models

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,  Feb, 1998  by David A. Brent,  David J. Kolko

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by NIMH grant MH46500 and NCCAN grant 90-CA1527, and was presented in part at the "Workshop on Methodological Issues in Psychosocial Treatment Research for Anxiety, Depression, and Conduct Disorders in Children and Adolescents," sponsored by the National Institutes of Mental Health and the MacArthur Foundation.

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