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In most developing countries the resources for treating emotionally disturbed children are extremely limited. Hong Kong is a case in point. There are only eight child psychiatrists serving a child population of 1.4 million. Consequently there has been attempts at training other professionals to bridge the gap between supply and demand.
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Mak, F.L. (1985). Training Nurses in Child Behaviour Psychotherapy. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Psychiatry The State of the Art. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1853-9_43
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