Suicidality in adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications and the black box label: position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
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Suicidality in adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications and the black box label: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine James Lock, M.D., Ph.D., Leslie R. Walker, M.D., FSAM, Vaughn I. Rickert, Psy.D., FSAM, and Debra K. Katzman, M.D., FSAM Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, New York Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, The Eating Disorder Program, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Journal of Adolescent Health 36 (2005) 92–93
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
دوره 36 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005