General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 477-483 , September 2010

Efficiency in mental health practice and research

  • Isabel T. Lagomasino, M.D., M.S.H.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 323 442 4046; fax: +1 323 442 4004.
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  • Douglas F. Zatzick, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Chambers, D.Phil.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Received 4 March 2010 ,Accepted 22 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.005

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 477-483 , September 2010

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