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Sheenie Ambardar, MD Adult Psychiatrist, Private Practice

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Acknowledgments

Dr. Ambardar would like to thank Dr. Donald C. Fidler, Farnsworth Endowed Chair of Psychiatric Education at West Virginia University, for generously granting permission to use his video clip in the multimedia section of this article.