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Case Report

Establishing ‘proof of concept’ for a social cognition group treatment program (SIFT IT) after traumatic brain injury: two case studies

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Pages 1781-1793 | Received 14 Nov 2019, Accepted 28 Sep 2020, Published online: 12 Nov 2020

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