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Street Psychiatry as a Community Rotation for Residents: The UNC Homeless Support Program

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Sheryl B. Fleisch

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Anne C. Kelly

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Fleisch, S.B., Kelly, A.C. Street Psychiatry as a Community Rotation for Residents: The UNC Homeless Support Program. Acad Psychiatry 38, 246–247 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0071-5

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