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Criminal Background Checks for Psychiatry? Michigan's Mental Health Exceptionalism

Kara Zivin, Rachel Nosowsky, Duane DiFranco, Marcia Valenstein, Helen C. Kales and John F. Greden
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2008, 36 (1) 6-9;
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vol. 36 no. 1 6-9
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18354116

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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 19, 2008.

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  1. Kara Zivin, PhD,
  2. Rachel Nosowsky, JD,
  3. Duane DiFranco, MD,
  4. Marcia Valenstein, MD,
  5. Helen C. Kales, MD and
  6. John F. Greden, MD
  1. Drs. Zivin, Kales, and Valenstein are Research Investigators, Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development, Center of Excellence, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), Ann Arbor, MI. Drs. Zivin and Kales are Assistant Professors of Psychiatry, Dr. Valenstein is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. DiFranco is Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Dr. Greden is Rachel Upjohn Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. Ms. Nosowsky is Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Vice-President and General Counsel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. DiFranco is Medical Director for Behavioral Health, Blue Care Network of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  1. Address correspondence to: Kara Zivin, PhD, Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth Road, Box 5765, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. E-mail: kzivin{at}umich.edu

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