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RFPB (Riksföreningen för Psykotiska Barn), the Swedish National Society for Psychotic Children, was founded in 1973 by a group of parents. Today the RFPB has about 2000 members in 20 counties. Half of the members are relatives, the others are professionals. There has always been a close collaboration between parents and professionals in our society. On the board there are members of both categories.
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Andersson, L. (1989). The REBECKA-Project: A Short Summary. In: Gillberg, C. (eds) Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0882-7_21
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