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Conflict begets conflict: Executive control, mental state vacillations, and the therapeutic alliance in treatment of borderline personality disorder

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Pages 413-422 | Received 18 Aug 2009, Accepted 18 Jan 2010, Published online: 15 Jun 2010

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