Clinical medicine and psychodynamic psychotherapy: Evaluation of the patient before intervention
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Søren Ventegodt, MD, MMedSci, EU-MScCAM, Niels Jørgen Andersen, MSc, Isack Kandel, MA, PhD and Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Quality of Life Research Center, Classensgade 11C, 1 sal, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark; Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway; Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria; Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States
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