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Helping children deal with trauma

Psychiatric Medications for Children - information for physicians and parents

Psychiatric Advance Directives/Act 194: Important new obligations for psychiatrists effective Jan. 30, 2005. Click here for access to our Legal Analysis, the Executive Summary, and sample forms. (January 2005)

Age of Consent Rules to Mental Health Treatment and Act 147 — analysis of the law (PDF) (January 2005)

Act 150 of 1998 - Pennsylvania's Minimum Mental Health Benefits Law Summary
(August 2006)

Let's Talk Facts is another series of brochures available from the American Psychiatiric Association desgined to provide answers to common questions asked on mental health issues and disorders.

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