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Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful

05-29-2007 · EurekAlert!

Continuing medical education, newsletters and resource guides were only partially successful in changing the way that pediatricians handled behavioral health problems, according to a follow-up study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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