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Mistreatment of Trainees: Verbal Abuse and Other Bullying Behaviors

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza BCM 350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    John H. Coverdale M.D., M.Ed., FRANZCP

  2. Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Richard Balon M.D.

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

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

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Coverdale, J.H., Balon, R. & Roberts, L.W. Mistreatment of Trainees: Verbal Abuse and Other Bullying Behaviors. Acad Psychiatry 33, 269–273 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.33.4.269

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