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The biological embedding of structural inequities: new insight from neuroscience

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This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health grants K01MH119603 (NGH) and T32MH017119 (EKW). There are no known direct conflicts related to this manuscript.

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  1. Division of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA

    E. Kate Webb & Nathaniel G. Harnett

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Webb, E.K., Harnett, N.G. The biological embedding of structural inequities: new insight from neuroscience. Neuropsychopharmacol. 49, 337–338 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01655-8

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