Symptom Presentation and Symptom Meaning Among Traumatized Cambodian Refugees: Relevance to a Somatically Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1077-7229
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2006.04.006