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Review
. 2005 Apr 9;330(7495):835-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7495.835.

Common mental health problems

Pierre-André Michaud  1 , Eric Fombonne
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Review

Common mental health problems

Pierre-André Michaud et al. BMJ. .
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Mental health problems can affect adolescents' quality of life
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Conduct disorder (defined in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition) in 13-15 year olds in selected countries. Data from West et al (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003;42: 941-9); Ford et al (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003;42: 1203-11); Verhulst et al (Arch Gen Psychiatry 1997;54: 329-36); Costello et al (Arch Gen Psychiatry 2003;60: 837-44)
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