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Original Articles

How Do Families Represent the Functions of Deliberate Self-Harm? A Comparison between the Social Representations from Adolescents and Their Parents

Pages 173-189 | Received 19 Jun 2018, Accepted 05 Nov 2018, Published online: 09 Feb 2019

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