Lisa M. Amaya-Jackson | Scholars@Duke

Lisa M. Amaya-Jackson
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Amaya-Jackson is child and adolescent psychiatrist with >30 years working in the field of child trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bringing effective treatments to community providers and service systems. She is tenured Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. Currently she is Co-Director at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress - coordinating center for the (SAMHSA funded) National Child Traumatic Stress Network and is Director of Duke Psychiatry’s Evidence-based Practice Implementation Center. She is a co-founder of the Center for Child & Family Health, in Durham, N.C. - a tri-university collaboration that provides specialty services and training curriculum for community children exposed to trauma & Co-Directs its NC Child Treatment Program, a comprehensive, public mental health initiative training clinicians to deliver trauma EBTs across the state. Known for research in assessment, cognitive-behavioral treatment, and effective implementation of child trauma-informed, evidence-based interventions into community practice, Dr. Amaya-Jackson’s research and training interests currently center on national efforts to increase access and quality of services for children through policy, training, and clinical strategies a o create a evidence based, trauma-informed, mental health workforce.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2016

Contact Information

1121 W Chapel Hill St., Box 104426, Durham, NC 27701
1121 W Chapel Hill St., Suite 200, Durham, NC 27710
amaya001@dm.duke.edu (919) 613-9851

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1986
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2003 - 2015
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1993 - 2003
Recognition
In the News
- DEC 7, 2022 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  
  National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Renewed at $40 Million
- MAR 10, 2022
  
  How Do You Talk to Children About War?
Research
Selected Grants
- National Center for Child Traumatic Stress awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2021 - 2023
- National Center for Child Traumatic Stress awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2016 - 2021
- Major League Baseball's Welcome Back Veterans awarded by McCormick Foundation 2011 - 2017
- National Center for Child Traumatic Stress awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2012 - 2017
- Training in Psychological Intervention Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2011
- IPA - Jan Markiewicz awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2009
- IPA - Lisa Amaya-Jackson awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2009
- Adolescent Alcohol Abuse, PTSD & Hippocampal Development awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2006
- Multiomodality Trauma Treatment In Hamlet awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1999
- Multimodality Trauma Treatment In Hamlet awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1998
- Multimodality Trauma Treatment In Hamlet awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1998
- Fluoxetine Treatment Of Posttraumatic Disorder awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1998
External Relationships
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- CHadwick Center COnference San Diego
- NEW jersey Psychiatric Association
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Carlson, Gabrielle A., Manpreet K. Singh, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Tami D. Benton, Robert R. Althoff, Christopher Bellonci, Jeff Q. Bostic, et al. “Narrative Review: Impairing Emotional Outbursts: What They Are and What We Should Do About Them.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 62, no. 2 (February 2023): 135–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.03.014.
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  - Pane Seifert, Heather T., Mary Wise-Kriplani, Jerica Knox, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Improving the content validity of the Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey (TRACES) and the Child and Adolescent PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (CAPC-5): A collaborative research methodological approach.” Psychol Trauma 14, no. 6 (September 2022): 905–13. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001158.
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  - Briggs, Ernestine C., Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Karen T. Putnam, and Frank W. Putnam. “All adverse childhood experiences are not equal: The contribution of synergy to adverse childhood experience scores.” Am Psychol 76, no. 2 (2021): 243–52. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000768.
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  - Powell, Byron J., Sheila V. Patel, Amber D. Haley, Emily R. Haines, Kathleen E. Knocke, Shira Chandler, Colleen Cary Katz, et al. “Determinants of Implementing Evidence-Based Trauma-Focused Interventions for Children and Youth: A Systematic Review.” Adm Policy Ment Health 47, no. 5 (September 2020): 705–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-01003-3.
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  - Putnam, Frank W., Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Karen T. Putnam, and Ernestine C. Briggs. “Synergistic adversities and behavioral problems in traumatized children and adolescents.” Child Abuse Negl 106 (August 2020): 104492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104492.
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  - Keeshin, Brooks, Heather C. Forkey, George Fouras, Harriet L. MacMillan, and Harriet L. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, COUNCIL ON FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, AND KINSHIP CARE, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, COMMITTEE ON CHILD MALTREATMENT AND VIOLENCE, COMMITTEE ON ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE. “Children Exposed to Maltreatment: Assessment and the Role of Psychotropic Medication.” Pediatrics 145, no. 2 (February 2020). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-3751.
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  - Chase, R. M., K. A. Carmody, M. Lent, R. Murphy, L. Amaya-Jackson, E. Wray, G. S. Ake, et al. “Disseminating parent-child interaction therapy through the learning collaborative model on the adoption and implementation of an evidence-based treatment.” Children and Youth Services Review 101 (June 1, 2019): 131–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.043.
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  - Fairbank, John A., Ernestine C. Briggs, Robert C. Lee, Nida H. Corry, Jacqueline C. Pflieger, Ellen T. Gerrity, Lisa M. Amaya-Jackson, Valerie A. Stander, and Robert A. Murphy. “Mental Health of Children of Deployed and Nondeployed US Military Service Members: The Millennium Cohort Family Study.” J Dev Behav Pediatr 39, no. 9 (December 2018): 683–92. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000606.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, Lisa, Dana Hagele, John Sideris, Donna Potter, Ernestine C. Briggs, Leila Keen, Robert A. Murphy, et al. “Pilot to policy: statewide dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatment for traumatized youth.” Bmc Health Serv Res 18, no. 1 (July 28, 2018): 589. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3395-0.
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  - Sege, Robert D., Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Lisa AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Committee on Child Maltreatment and Violence; NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS. “Clinical Considerations Related to the Behavioral Manifestations of Child Maltreatment.” Pediatrics 139, no. 4 (April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-0100.
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  - Dorsey, Shannon, Katie A. McLaughlin, Suzanne E. U. Kerns, Julie P. Harrison, Hilary K. Lambert, Ernestine C. Briggs, Julia Revillion Cox, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events.” J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 46, no. 3 (2017): 303–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1220309.
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  - Murphy, Robert A., Holli E. Sink, George S. Ake, Karen Appleyard Carmody, Lisa M. Amaya-Jackson, and Ernestine C. Briggs. “Predictors of treatment completion in a sample of youth who have experienced physical or sexual trauma.” J Interpers Violence 29, no. 1 (January 2014): 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513504495.
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  - Layne, Christopher M., Virginia Strand, Marciana Popescu, Julie B. Kaplow, Robert Abramovitz, Margaret Stuber, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Leslie Ross, and Robert S. Pynoos. “Using the core curriculum on childhood trauma to strengthen clinical knowledge in evidence-based practitioners.” J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 43, no. 2 (2014): 286–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.865192.
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  - DeRosa, R. R., L. Amaya-Jackson, and C. M. Layne. “From rifts to riffs: Evidence-based principles to guide critical thinking about next-generation child trauma treatments and training.” Training and Education in Professional Psychology 7, no. 3 (August 1, 2013): 195–204. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033086.
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  - Briggs, E. C., J. A. Fairbank, J. K. P. Greeson, L. M. Amaya-Jackson, E. T. Gerrity, H. M. E. Belcher, C. M. Layne, et al. “Links between child and adolescent trauma exposure and service use histories in a national clinic-referred sample.” Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 5, no. 2 (March 1, 2013): 101–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027312.
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  - Ebert, Lori, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Jan M. Markiewicz, Cassandra Kisiel, and John A. Fairbank. “Use of the breakthrough series collaborative to support broad and sustained use of evidence-based trauma treatment for children in community practice settings.” Adm Policy Ment Health 39, no. 3 (May 2012): 187–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-011-0347-y.
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  - Shapiro, Danielle N., Julie B. Kaplow, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Kenneth A. Dodge. “Behavioral markers of coping and psychiatric symptoms among sexually abused children.” J Trauma Stress 25, no. 2 (April 2012): 157–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.21674.
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  - Cohen, Judith A., Lisa H. Jaycox, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Bradley D. Stein. “Back to school: review of school based interventions: comment on Rolfsness and Idsoe (2011).” J Trauma Stress 24, no. 6 (December 2011): 760–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20702.
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  - Layne, C. M., C. G. Ippen, V. Strand, M. Stuber, R. Abramovitz, G. Reyes, L. Amaya Jackson, et al. “The core curriculum on childhood trauma: A tool for training a trauma-informed workforce.” Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 3, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 243–52. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025039.
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  - Scheeringa, Michael S., Carl F. Weems, Judith A. Cohen, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Donald Guthrie. “Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in three-through six year-old children: a randomized clinical trial.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52, no. 8 (August 2011): 853–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02354.x.
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  - American Academy of Pediatrics, Lisa, John Stirling, John Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect and Section on Adoption and Foster Care, John American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Lisa National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. “Understanding the behavioral and emotional consequences of child abuse.” Pediatrics 122, no. 3 (September 2008): 667–73. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-1885.
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  - Pynoos, R. S., J. A. Fairbank, A. M. Steinberg, L. Amaya-Jackson, E. Gerrity, M. L. Mount, and J. Maze. “The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Collaborating to Improve the Standard of Care.” Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 39, no. 4 (August 1, 2008): 389–95. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012551.
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  - Kaplow, Julie B., Erin Hall, Karestan C. Koenen, Kenneth A. Dodge, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Dissociation predicts later attention problems in sexually abused children.” Child Abuse Negl 32, no. 2 (February 2008): 261–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.07.005.
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  - Brown, Elissa J., Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Judith Cohen, Stephanie Handel, Heike Thiel De Bocanegra, Eileen Zatta, Robin F. Goodman, and Anthony Mannarino. “Childhood traumatic grief: a multi-site empirical examination of the construct and its correlates.” Death Stud 32, no. 10 (2008): 899–923. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180802440209.
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  - Silverman, Wendy K., Claudio D. Ortiz, Chockalingham Viswesvaran, Barbara J. Burns, David J. Kolko, Frank W. Putnam, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events.” J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37, no. 1 (January 2008): 156–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374410701818293.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, Lisa, and Ruth R. Derosa. “Treatment considerations for clinicians in applying evidence-based practice to complex presentations in child trauma.” J Trauma Stress 20, no. 4 (August 2007): 379–90. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20266.
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  - Scheeringa, Michael S., Alison Salloum, Ruth A. Arnberger, Carl F. Weems, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Judith A. Cohen. “Feasibility and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children: two case reports.” J Trauma Stress 20, no. 4 (August 2007): 631–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20232.
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  - Kaplow, Julie B., Kenneth A. Dodge, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Glenn N. Saxe. “Pathways to PTSD, part II: Sexually abused children.” Am J Psychiatry 162, no. 7 (July 2005): 1305–10. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.7.1305.
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  - Dodge, Kenneth A., Lisa J. Berlin, Matthew Epstein, Adele Spitz-Roth, Karen O’Donnell, Martha Kaufman, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Joel Rosch, and Christina Christopoulos. “The Durham Family Initiative: a preventive system of care.” Child Welfare 83, no. 2 (2004): 109–28.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, L., V. Reynolds, M. C. Murray, G. McCarthy, A. Nelson, M. S. Cherney, R. Lee, E. Foa, and J. S. March. “Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Protocol and Application in School and Community Settings.” Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 10, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 204–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1077-7229(03)80032-9.
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  - Johnson, Renee M., Jonathan B. Kotch, Diane J. Catellier, Jane R. Winsor, Vincent Dufort, Wanda Hunter, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Adverse behavioral and emotional outcomes from child abuse and witnessed violence.” Child Maltreat 7, no. 3 (August 2002): 179–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559502007003001.
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  - Donnelly, Craig L., and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. “Post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment options.” Paediatr Drugs 4, no. 3 (2002): 159–70. https://doi.org/10.2165/00128072-200204030-00003.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, L., R. R. S. Socolar, W. Hunter, D. K. Runyan, and R. Colindres. “Directly questioning children and adolescents about maltreatment a review of survey measures used.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 15, no. 7 (January 1, 2000): 725–59. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626000015007005.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, L., J. R. Davidson, D. C. Hughes, M. Swartz, V. Reynolds, L. K. George, and D. G. Blazer. “Functional impairment and utilization of services associated with posttraumatic stress in the community.” J Trauma Stress 12, no. 4 (October 1999): 709–24. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024781504756.
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  - Donnelly, C. L., L. Amaya-Jackson, and J. S. March. “Psychopharmacology of pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder.” J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 9, no. 3 (1999): 203–20. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.1999.9.203.
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  - Frothingham, T. E., M. S. Epstein, C. Amana, L. Amaya-Jackson, J. Ernst, and D. K. Runyan. “Center for Child and Family Health-North Carolina. What is it? And why?” N C Med J 60, no. 2 (1999): 83–89.
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  - March, J. S., L. Amaya-Jackson, M. C. Murray, and A. Schulte. “Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder after a single-incident stressor.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 37, no. 6 (June 1998): 585–93. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199806000-00008.
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  - Strober, M., U. Rao, M. DeAntonio, E. Liston, M. State, L. Amaya-Jackson, and S. Latz. “Effects of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents with severe endogenous depression resistant to pharmacotherapy.” Biol Psychiatry 43, no. 5 (March 1, 1998): 335–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3223(97)00205-9.
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  - Runyan, D. K., W. M. Hunter, R. R. Socolar, L. Amaya-Jackson, D. English, J. Landsverk, H. Dubowitz, D. H. Browne, S. I. Bangdiwala, and R. M. Mathew. “Children who prosper in unfavorable environments: the relationship to social capital.” Pediatrics 101, no. 1 Pt 1 (January 1998): 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.101.1.12.
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  - March, J. S., L. Amaya-Jackson, R. Terry, and P. Costanzo. “Posttraumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents after an industrial fire.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 36, no. 8 (August 1997): 1080–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199708000-00015.
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  - Socolar, R. R., L. Amaya-Jackson, L. D. Eron, B. Howard, J. Landsverk, and J. Evans. “Research on discipline. The state of the art, deficits, and implications.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 151, no. 8 (August 1997): 758–60. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170450008001.
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  - Boat, B. W., M. D. Everson, and L. Amaya-Jackson. “Consistency of children's sexualized or avoidant reactions to anatomical dolls: A pilot study.” Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 5, no. 1 (August 2, 1996): 89–104. https://doi.org/10.1300/J070v05n01_05.
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  - Socolar, R. R. S., D. K. Runyan, and L. Amaya-Jackson. “Methodological and Ethical Issues Related to Studying Child Maltreatment.” Journal of Family Issues 16, no. 5 (January 1, 1995): 565–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/019251395016005004.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, L., R. H. Mesco, J. J. McGough, and D. P. Cantwell. “Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.” New Dir Ment Health Serv, no. 54 (1992): 45–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.23319925410.
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  - Caplan, R., Y. Comair, D. A. Shewmon, L. Jackson, H. T. Chugani, and W. J. Peacock. “Intractable seizures, compulsions, and coprolalia: a pediatric case study.” J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 4, no. 3 (1992): 315–19. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.3.315.
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  - Amaya-Jackson, L., and D. P. Cantwell. “Controversies in psychopharmacological management of attention deficit and related disorders.” International Pediatrics 6, no. 2 (January 1, 1991): 176–83.

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