Commentary

We are not ‘psychiatrists’; 'The beauty of the asylum’; Challenges with false-positive urine drug screens


 

References

Adegboyega Oyemade, MD, FAPA
Addiction Psychiatrist
Maryland Treatment Centers, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland

References
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