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The Loneliness Curriculum of Psychiatric Training

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    Jeffrey Katzman, Cynthia Geppert, Julie Kilpatrick, David Graeber & Pamela B Arenella

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Katzman, J., Geppert, C., Kilpatrick, J. et al. The Loneliness Curriculum of Psychiatric Training. Acad Psychiatry 40, 111–116 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-015-0461-3

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