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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th St., Miami, FL, 33136

    Charles B. Nemeroff M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Medicine at Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

    Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont M.D.

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Nemeroff, C.B., Goldschmidt-Clermont, P.J. In the Aftermath of Tragedy: Medical and Psychiatric Consequences. Acad Psychiatry 35, 4–7 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.35.1.4

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