The adolescent brain and the emergence and peak of psychopathology

Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-15

  Powers, Alisa ^a   Casey, B J ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84983757011     PISSN: 15289168     EISSN: 19409214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2015.1004889     Document Type: Article

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