Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 681-682 , July 2009

Medicalize Depression, Not Sadness

  • David A. Brent, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to David Brent, M.D., Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Room 311 Bellefield Towers, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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PII: S0890-8567(09)60103-9

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181a5e3ea

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 681-682 , July 2009

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