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A. Dumaret and P. , Marie Constantin-Kuntz, MS, is a psychologist at the Centre Médico-Psychologique de Courbevoie. Maurice Titran, MD, is a pediatrician and the director of CAMSP de Roubaix, Centre hospitalier de Roubaix. Correspondence regarding this manuscript can be addressed to the first author at dumaret@vjf.cnrs, fr or CERMES-Inserm U750, site CNRS, 7 rue Guy Môquet, F-94801