Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 362-363 , April 2008

In the Eye of the Beholden: Tracking Developmental Psychopathology

  • AMI KLIN, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Ami Klin, Yale Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06520;.

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 Reviewed and accepted by Deputy Editor Ellen Leibenluft, M.D.Disclosure: The author reports no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62389-3

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181648dd1

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 362-363 , April 2008

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