The emperor's new clothes - Comment on Bhar et al.

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-

  Ehrenthal, Johannes C ^a   Grande, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 78650297996     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315412     Document Type: Letter

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