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Bridging the Gap: An Integrated Approach to Empowering Future Pediatricians to Screen for and Treat Adolescent Depression

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Elizabeth Cason Benton, MD, for her help with the QI project and compiling the data for the pediatric primary care clinics, as well as her support with the noon conference and manuscript. We would also like to thank the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Pediatrics for allowing us to present at their residents’ noon conference, Eunice Dixon, MD for assisting with checking the attendance data, and all of the residents who agreed to participate in this study.

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Ma, E., Yoon, Y. Bridging the Gap: An Integrated Approach to Empowering Future Pediatricians to Screen for and Treat Adolescent Depression. Acad Psychiatry 44, 440–445 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01228-7

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