Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 137-144 , March 2007

Self-injurious behavior: differential diagnosis and functional differentiation

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 137-144 , March 2007

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