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J Caring Sci. 2016;5(4): 287-297. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2016.030
PMID: 28032073        PMCID: PMC5187549

Original Research

The Effect of Group Psychoeducation Program on Medication Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Mood Disorders: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Farnaz Rahmani 1, Hossein Ebrahimi 2, Fatemeh Ranjbar 1, Seyed Sajjad Razavi 1, Elnaz Asghari 3 *

Cited by CrossRef: 17

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