Challenges and Limitations to Treating ADHD in Incarcerated Populations
Xiulu Ruan1, Alan D Kaye1, Aaron J Kaye2
1Department of Anesthesiology Louisiana State University Health Science Center Tulane, LA.
The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|December 23, 2016
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