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SPECIAL SECTION: PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Personality disorder and early therapeutic alliance in two time-limited therapies

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Pages 646-657 | Received 22 May 2013, Accepted 09 Sep 2013, Published online: 24 Oct 2013

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