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Guidelines for the Psychiatric Hospitalization of Minors

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.7.971

This document was approved by the Assembly at its May 8-10, 1981, meeting and by the Board of Trustees at its Dec. 11-12, 1981, meeting. It was prepared by the Task Force on the Commitment of Minors1 under the Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families.

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