The developmental roots of compromised mentalization in complex mental health disturbances of adulthood: An attachment-based conceptualization

Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders: From Research to Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-62

  Gumley, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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