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Perspectives on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Same, Different, Complementary?

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Pages 3179-3189 | Received 17 May 2022, Accepted 11 Sep 2022, Published online: 28 Oct 2022

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