Measuring outcomes in residential treatment with the devereux scales of mental disorders

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 83-91

  Lebuffe, Paul A ^a   Pfeiffer, Teven I ^b  

^a Brandywine Treatment Center of the Devereux Foundation   (United States)

^b Genesis HealthCare   (United States)

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EID: 8744312402     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v13n04_05     Document Type: Article

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