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Positive changes in depression, anxiety, and assertion following individual and group cognitive behavior therapy intervention

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    Carolyn S. Shaffer, Joan Shapiro, Lawrence I. Sank & Donna J. Coghlan

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This research was supported in part by NIH Grant No. 5 SO7 RR 5359 18.

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Shaffer, C.S., Shapiro, J., Sank, L.I. et al. Positive changes in depression, anxiety, and assertion following individual and group cognitive behavior therapy intervention. Cogn Ther Res 5, 149–157 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01172523

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