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01-05-2013 | Editorial

Evidence-based psychotherapy in children and adolescents: advances, methodological and conceptual limitations, and perspectives

Authors: Stefanie J. Schmidt, Benno G. Schimmelmann

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 5/2013

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Title: Evidence-based psychotherapy in children and adolescents: advances, methodological and conceptual limitations, and perspectives
Authors: Stefanie J. Schmidt
Benno G. Schimmelmann
Publication date: 01-05-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-013-0415-9

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