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. 1979 Sep;71(9):881–886.

Preventive Psychiatry in the Board of Education

Carl C Bell
PMCID: PMC2537486  PMID: 501757

Abstract

The Board of Education has a significant role in the psychiatric prevention of criminal and psychiatric disorders. Two hundred and seventy-four children were seen over a two year period and their diagnostic groupings are presented. Follow-up was possible on 150 of the children and it was found that 70 percent of them were better. The findings and conclusions from this sample are presented.

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