Adults with Autism: Outcomes, Family Effects, and the Multi-Family Group Psychoeducation Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Psychiatry Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1523-3812,1535-1645
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0328-1