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Psychiatric News Staff

Adrian Preda, M.D.
Editor in Chief

Christopher Durso
Executive Editor

Nicholas Zagorski, Ph.D.
Associate Editor

Mark Moran, M.P.H.
Terri D’Arrigo
Katie O’Connor
Linda M. Richmond
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Steve Parrish
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Michelle Massi
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Psychiatric News Editorial Advisory Board

Steven Chan, M.D., M.B.A.

Ludmila De Faria, M.D.

Rana Elmaghraby, M.D.

Ezra Griffith, M.D.

Diana Perkins, M.D., M.P.H.

Laura Roberts, M.D., M.A.

Cynthia Turner-Graham, M.D.

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