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Dick-Niederhauser, A., Silverman, W.K. (2006). Separation Anxiety Disorder. In: Fisher, J.E., O’Donohue, W.T. (eds) Practitioner’s Guide to Evidence-Based Psychotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28370-8_62

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