Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 49
Issue: 10
Pages: 980-989
Citations: 6131
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                                    Kathleen R. Merikangas, 
                                
                                    Jianping He, 
                                
                                    Marcy Burstein
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). 
                            Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
                            , 49
                            (10)
                            , 980-989.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017