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    • Psychiatry Grand Rounds 3/21 | David Penn, PhD and Bryan Stiles, PhD

      February 27, 2025
    • George Bolian, MD, professor emeritus of Psychiatry, dies at 95

      February 18, 2025
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      January 24, 2025
    • Psychiatry Grand Rounds 1/17 | Jennifer L. Hughes, PhD, MPH

      January 17, 2025
    • PUBLICATION: VUMC Geriatric Psychiatry Researchers publish early report from multi-site REMBRANDT study examining relapse in recurrent late-life depression

      January 14, 2025
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