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Original Articles

Interpersonal differentiation within depression diagnosis: Relating interpersonal subgroups to symptom load and the quality of the early therapeutic alliance

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Pages 429-441 | Received 08 Feb 2013, Accepted 22 Jul 2013, Published online: 13 Sep 2013

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