Outcomes of adolescents treated involuntarily under the Canadian mental health act
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Address: 1The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences, 330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, 2Calgary Health Region, Richmond Road Diagnostic Center, Room 4502, 1820 Richmond Road SW, Calgary Alberta T2T 5C7, Canada, 3The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada and 4Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary Alberta T3B 6A8, Canada * Corresponding author
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