03-05 Treatments and outcomes in bipolar disorder
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Psychosocial Treatments in Bipolar Disorder
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0924-2708,1601-5215
DOI: 10.1017/s092427080003204x