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Psychological therapies and their efficacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

RT Woods
RT Woods*
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Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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RT Woods, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 171 - 183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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