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Trauma Focussed-CBT and EMDR for young people with trauma and psychosis (using a phasic treatment approach): two early intervention service case studies

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Trauma Focussed-CBT and EMDR for young people with trauma and psychosis (using a phasic treatment approach): two early intervention service case studies. / Ward-Brown, Joanna; Keane, David; Bhutani, Gita et al.
In: The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Vol. 11, No. e17, e17, 2018.

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Ward-Brown J, Keane D, Bhutani G, Malkin D, Sellwood W, Varese F. Trauma Focussed-CBT and EMDR for young people with trauma and psychosis (using a phasic treatment approach): two early intervention service case studies. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 2018;11(e17):e17. Epub 2018 Oct 26. doi: 10.1017/S1754470X18000193

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Ward-Brown, Joanna ; Keane, David ; Bhutani, Gita et al. / Trauma Focussed-CBT and EMDR for young people with trauma and psychosis (using a phasic treatment approach) : two early intervention service case studies. In: The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 2018 ; Vol. 11, No. e17.

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