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Jesse Renaud
Back to facultyAssistant ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryMcGill University
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The association between positive outcome expectancies and avoidance in predicting the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy for major depressive disorder.
The British journal of clinical psychology · 2013 · first author
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The association between positive outcome expectancies and avoidance in predicting the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy for major depressive disorder.
Renaud J, Russell JJ, Myhr G
The British journal of clinical psychology2013First author
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