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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    Laura Weiss Roberts M.D., Michelle Goldsmith M.D., M.A. & Alan K. Louie M.D.

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry, Sleep Epidemiology Research Center, Stanford University, USA

    Maurice Ohayon M.D., D.Sc., Ph.D.

  3. Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Univ., and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Eugene V. Beresin M.D.

  4. Dept. of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    John Coverdale M.D., M.Ed., FRANZCP

  5. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

    Richard Balon M.D.

  6. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Glendon R. Tait M.D., M.Sc.

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Roberts, L.W., Ohayon, M., Coverdale, J. et al. Strengthening Psychiatry’s Numbers. Acad Psychiatry 37, 293–296 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.13070112

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