Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 711-720 , June 2007

Behavioral Management Leads to Reduction in Aggression in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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 Dr. Dean is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellowship. The authors thank the staff and patients of Mater Children's Hospital CYMHS Inpatient Unit. They thank Dr. William Bor for his useful comments on the manuscript.Article Plus (online only) materials for this article appear on the Journal's Web site: www.jaacap.com.Disclosure: The authors have no financial relationships to disclose.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62150-X

doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e3180465a1a

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 711-720 , June 2007

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