Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 86-93 , January 2008

Should Relational Aggression Be Included in DSM-V?

  • KATE KEENAN, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Kate Keenan, Department of Psychiatry, MC 3077, Room W-415, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • CLAIRE COYNE, B.A.
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  • BENJAMIN B. LAHEY, Ph.D.

,Accepted 6 August 2007.

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 The Georgia Health and Behavior Study was funded by NIH grant U01 MH54281 to Dr. Lahey. Dr. Keenan and Ms. Coyne were supported by NIH grant R01 MH66167 to Dr. Keenan.

 Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62088-8

doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e31815a56b8

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 86-93 , January 2008

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