Military- and sports-related mild traumatic brain injury: clinical presentation, management, and long-term consequences.
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180 J Clin Psychiatry 74:2, February 2013 CME Background Articles are selected for credit designation based on an assessment of the educational needs of CME participants, with the purpose of providing readers with a curriculum of CME articles on a variety of topics throughout each volume. Activities are planned using a process that links identified needs with desired results. Participants may receive credit by reading the article, correctly answering at least 70% of the questions in the Posttest, and completing the Evaluation. The Posttest and Evaluation are now available online only at PSYCHIATRIST.COM (Keyword: February).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical psychiatry
دوره 74 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013