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After the attempt: maintaining the therapeutic alliance following a patient's suicide attempt

J Russell Ramsay1, Cory F Newman

  • 1Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, USA. ramsay@mail.med.upenn.edu

Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
|September 28, 2005
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