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Empirical Papers

Quality of the therapeutic working alliance as a factor in intensive residential treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Pages 442-454 | Received 27 Dec 2021, Accepted 16 Oct 2022, Published online: 31 Oct 2022

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