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Race, Ethnicity, and the Medical “One-Liner”: How Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Can Chart Its Own Antiracist Path Forward

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Reliford, A., Liu, A., Dhir, S. et al. Race, Ethnicity, and the Medical “One-Liner”: How Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Can Chart Its Own Antiracist Path Forward. Acad Psychiatry 48, 178–182 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01904-4

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