Do "Calls to Action" Lead to Action?

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jhc@bcm.edu.
² Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.
⁵ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁶ Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA.
⁷ University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁹ Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁰ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Editorial

John Coverdale et al. Acad Psychiatry. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;49(2):115-120.

doi: 10.1007/s40596-024-02097-0.

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jhc@bcm.edu.
² Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.
⁵ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁶ Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA.
⁷ University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁹ Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁰ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Disclosures: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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