[Impact of COVID-19 on children and their families]

Beatrice Ravizza1, Katharina Auberjonois1, Santosh Itty2,3,4

  • 1Psychiatres et psychothérapeutes, Consultation psychothérapeutique pour familles et couples, Service des spécialités psychiatriques, Département de psychiatrie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.

Revue Medicale Suisse
|February 18, 2021
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