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Why Can’t Mental Health Services be More Like Modern Baseball?

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Sarah Horwitz is the action editor. To avoid any conflict of interest for this special issue, the Associate Editor, Sarah Horwitz, served as Editor-in-Chief. All decisions regarding the submitted manuscripts were made by Dr. Horwitz based on reviewer recommendations. Dr. Horwitz is grateful to the individuals who served as reviewers for the manuscripts in this issue.

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Bickman, L. Why Can’t Mental Health Services be More Like Modern Baseball?. Adm Policy Ment Health 39, 1–2 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0409-9

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