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Psychiatric hospitalization of children and adolescents: Treatment in search of a rationale

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  1. University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina

    Michael Lundy M.D., M.S. (Assistant Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science) & Andres J. Pumariega M.D. (Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science)

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Lundy, M., Pumariega, A.J. Psychiatric hospitalization of children and adolescents: Treatment in search of a rationale. J Child Fam Stud 2, 1–4 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321296

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