The Epidemiology of Depression in Adolescents

Handbook of Depression in Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-73

  Merikangas, Kathleen Ries ^a   Knight, Erin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809518-10     Document Type: Chapter

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