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Forensic Psychiatry as a Key Part of Residency Training in Social Justice and Mental Health Inequities

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  1. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Cathleen A. Cerny-Suelzer & Susan Hatters Friedman

  2. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    Katherine Michaelsen

  3. Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, USA

    Tobias Wasser

  4. New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Danielle Kushner

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Cerny-Suelzer, C.A., Michaelsen, K., Wasser, T. et al. Forensic Psychiatry as a Key Part of Residency Training in Social Justice and Mental Health Inequities. Acad Psychiatry (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-024-01989-5

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