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Not read: no lawful copy was reached on 2026-10-22, though the authors’ own copy exists (see the status note). The summary is drawn from the abstract and from what the paper is standardly cited for, and a reading should check it first.
Why this is here
A17 to A19 found it already models what the exchange proposed for the owner’s ACT/CBT/DBT connection (U18): how one evening becomes a referendum on the self. It is the outside precedent the record should weigh before claiming that point.