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Preparing Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists for the Future of our Field: in Defense of “Slow Tracking”

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    Shannon Simmons, Ray Chih-Jui Hsiao & Christopher K. Varley

  2. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Joan Anzia

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Simmons, S., Anzia, J., Hsiao, R.CJ. et al. Preparing Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists for the Future of our Field: in Defense of “Slow Tracking”. Acad Psychiatry 46, 82–84 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-022-01592-6

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