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Difficult Encounters with Psychiatric Patients: A South Texas Psychiatry Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) Study

Randall V. Sellers, Ricardo Salazar, Cervando Martinez, Stephen D. Gelfond, Melissa Deuter, Holly G. Hayes, Norma Ketchum and Brad H. Pollock
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2012, 25 (5) 669-675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.120050
Randall V. Sellers
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Ricardo Salazar
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Cervando Martinez Jr.
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Stephen D. Gelfond
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Melissa Deuter
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Holly G. Hayes
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Norma Ketchum
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Brad H. Pollock
From the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network, San Antonio (RVS, MD); the Department of Psychiatry (RS, CM, SDG) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGH, NK, BHP), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
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Randall V. Sellers, Ricardo Salazar, Cervando Martinez, Stephen D. Gelfond, Melissa Deuter, Holly G. Hayes, Norma Ketchum, Brad H. Pollock
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2012, 25 (5) 669-675; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.120050

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Randall V. Sellers, Ricardo Salazar, Cervando Martinez, Stephen D. Gelfond, Melissa Deuter, Holly G. Hayes, Norma Ketchum, Brad H. Pollock
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2012, 25 (5) 669-675; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.120050
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