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Elizabeth B Ruzicka1, Lauren B Shomaker1, Laura Pyle1

  • 1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins (Ruzicka, Shomaker, Gulley); Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (Ruzicka, Shomaker, Pyle, Gulley); Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda (Bakalar, Shank, Sbrocco, Tanofsky-Kraff); Section on Growth and Obesity, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, Bethesda (Shank, Brady, Yanovski, Tanofsky-Kraff); Department of Biomedical Statistics and Methodology, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, North Dakota (Crosby); Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis (Wilfley); Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Young); Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Young).

American Journal of Psychotherapy
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Keywords:
Child/adolescent psychiatryDepressive disordersFeeding and eating disordersInterpersonal psychotherapyLoss of controlTherapeutic alliance

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