Metacognitive and Meta-Emotional Styles in Patients With Alcohol and the Other Substance Dependence

Okan Ufuk Ipek1, Kaasim Fatih Yavuz1, Sevinc Ulusoy1

  • 1Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.

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