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A Dark Spot on a White Canvas: Thoughts on Being a Black Academic Psychiatrist

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Thomas, L.A. A Dark Spot on a White Canvas: Thoughts on Being a Black Academic Psychiatrist. Acad Psychiatry 43, 455–456 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-019-01028-8

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