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15 - Self-Help Treatments for Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Including Bibliotherapy

from Part II - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

Lara J. Farrell
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Thomas H. Ollendick
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Peter Muris
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD
Improving Access and Outcomes
, pp. 332 - 347
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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