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Integrating NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Initiative into Psychiatry Resident Training

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This work was supported by R25 MH115855 (E.M.C.), R01 MH119771 (S.A.S.), and R01 MH118741 (S.A.S.).

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Cozza, E.M., Shankman, S.A. Integrating NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Initiative into Psychiatry Resident Training. Acad Psychiatry 46, 522–527 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01547-3

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