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Theoretical Issues in the Treatment of Childhood Sexual Trauma in Spinal Cord Injured Patients: The Confusion of Tongues Theory of Childhood Seduction

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Rachman, A.W. Theoretical Issues in the Treatment of Childhood Sexual Trauma in Spinal Cord Injured Patients: The Confusion of Tongues Theory of Childhood Seduction. Sexuality and Disability 15, 109–118 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024788102732

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