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- ↑ Emotional Deprivation Disorder Conrad W. Baars, M.D. Archived May 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved on April 14, 2008
- ↑ Terruwe, Anna A.; Conrad W. Baars (1981). Psychic Wholeness and Healing: Using ALL the Powers of the Human Psyche. Staten Island, NY: Alba House. ISBN 0-8189-0410-0.
- ↑ Baars, Conrad W.; Baars, Suzanne M.; Shayne, Bonnie N. (2003) [1979]. Feeling and Healing Your Emotions. Plainfield, NJ: Logos International. ISBN 0-88270-966-6.
