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DDAVP as a Possible Method to Enhance Positive Benefit of Behaviour Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Greenberg*
Affiliation:
Jerusalem Mental Health Center, P.O.B. 140, Jerusalem, Israel
Robert H. Belmaker
Affiliation:
Jerusalem Mental Health Center and Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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