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Language switching as a treatment strategy with bilingual patients

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical School, USA

    Patricia Pitta Ph.D. (Clinical Instructor), Luis R. Marcos M.D. (Associate Professor) & Murray Alpert Ph.D. (Professor)

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Pitta, P., Marcos, L.R. & Alpert, M. Language switching as a treatment strategy with bilingual patients. Am J Psychoanal 38, 255–258 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252975

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