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Fackina, K.A. (2018). Family Focused Therapy for Bipolar Disorder. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_169-1

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