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An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service

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An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service. / Donnellan, Deanna; Murray, Craig; Harrison, J.
In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 18, No. 2, 04.2013, p. 199-213.

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Donnellan, D, Murray, C & Harrison, J 2013, 'An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service', Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 199-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104512447032

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Donnellan, D., Murray, C., & Harrison, J. (2013). An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 18(2), 199-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104512447032

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Donnellan D, Murray C, Harrison J. An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2013 Apr;18(2):199-213. doi: 10.1177/1359104512447032

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Donnellan, Deanna ; Murray, Craig ; Harrison, J. / An investigation into adolescents’ experience of cognitive behavioural therapy within a child and adolescent mental health service. In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2013 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 199-213.

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