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Unique and shared techniques in cognitive-behavioural and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: a content analysis of randomised trials on depression

Jürgen BarthInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nadja MichligInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Thomas MunderInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Pages 929-950 | Received 25 Oct 2013, Accepted 26 May 2014, Published online: 10 Sep 2014

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