Behavioral Health in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting: Needs, Barriers, and Implications for Psychologists

Psychological Services

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-165

  Pidano, Anne E ^a   Kimmelblatt, Craig A ^a   Neace, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric providers; Primary care; Psychologists

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051981511     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019535     Document Type: Article

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