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Effectiveness of two psychological treatments for inpatients with severe and chronic depressions

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    Renate de Jong, Renate Treiber & Gerhard Henrich

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This work was supported throughout by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. We wish to thank Dr. Rex Cowdry, NIMH, and Dr. John Rush, University of Texas, Health Sciences Center, Dallas, for their helpful comments and assistance in preparation of this paper.

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de Jong, R., Treiber, R. & Henrich, G. Effectiveness of two psychological treatments for inpatients with severe and chronic depressions. Cogn Ther Res 10, 645–663 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173752

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