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  1. National Institute of Training, Italian Psychoanalytic Society, Rome, Italy

    Laura Fonzi

  2. Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

    Jacopo Pallagrosi

  3. Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

    Angelo Picardi

  4. Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Biondi

  5. Community Service for Prevention and Early Intervention in Mental Health, Rome 1 Local Health Unit, Rome, Italy

    Mauro Pallagrosi

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Fonzi, L., Pallagrosi, J., Picardi, A. et al. Exploring how the psychiatrist experiences the patient during the diagnostic evaluation: the Assessment of Clinician’s Subjective Experience (ACSE). Phenom Cogn Sci 21, 107–119 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-021-09729-y

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