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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, 75235, Dallas, Texas, USA

    A. John Rush

  2. University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, USA

    John T. Watkins

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This study and preparation of this paper were supported in part by NIMH Grant MH-28459-03. A preliminary version of this report was presented at the American Psychological Association meetings, Chicago, August 1978. We wish to express our appreciation to Steve Kowalski for his assistance in data analysis; to Ms. Vicki Andruss and Ms. Shirley Poteet for their secretarial efforts; and to our therapists, Dr. Manoochr Khatmai, Dr. Stanley Rest, Ms. Jacque Cook, Ms. Sheila Howard, and Ms. Naita Czyzewski.

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Rush, A.J., Watkins, J.T. Group versus individual cognitive therapy: A pilot study. Cogn Ther Res 5, 95–103 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01172329

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