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01-12-2013 | Editorial
Catalyzing the publication of international research in child and adolescent mental health
Authors:
Christian Kieling, Andrés Martin
Published in:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH) has recently become the official journal of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP). This joint venture can have profound implications for the flourishing of scientific research on child and adolescent mental health where it is most needed – in low- and middle-income countries. Although nine out of ten individuals under the age of 18 years live in these nations, only 10% of the articles published on the mental health of children and adolescents come from these regions of the world [
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