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Gal, G., Basford, Y. (2015). Child Abuse and Adult Psychopathology. In: Lindert, J., Levav, I. (eds) Violence and Mental Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8999-8_5

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