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The Adult Children of Alcoholics in a Psychiatric Population

Nady el-Guebaly Md Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Douglas Staley Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Gary Rockman Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Alison Leckie Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Ken Barkman Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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John O'Riordan Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Stuart Koensgen Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Pages 215-226 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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