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A Child Who Sees Ghosts Every Night: Manifestations of Psychosocial and Familial Stress Following Immigration

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Charles B. Wang Community Health Center for its dedication to promoting mental health in Asian American communities. The authors would also like to express their sincere gratitude to Ms. Carolyn Mak for her careful read of the first manuscript draft, and to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

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  1. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada

    Lin Fang & Eunjung Lee

  2. San Francisco, CA, USA

    Frederick Y. Huang

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Fang, L., Lee, E. & Huang, F.Y. A Child Who Sees Ghosts Every Night: Manifestations of Psychosocial and Familial Stress Following Immigration. Cult Med Psychiatry 37, 549–564 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-013-9326-y

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