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Original Articles

Dialectical behaviour therapy skills training for the treatment of addictive behaviours among individuals with alcohol use disorder: the effect of emotion regulation and experiential avoidance

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Pages 368-384 | Received 08 Sep 2019, Accepted 23 Dec 2019, Published online: 28 Jan 2020

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