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Psychiatric research in the 21st century: opportunities and limitations

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The year 2000 prompts numerous prognostications of the events to occur during the next century. Except for the Y2K problem, the year 2000 is little different in substance than 1999 or 2001. However it is useful to use the occasion to consider where we have come from and where we are going. Thinking of the future will help clarify goals, define the problems, identify priorities, and outline pathways for progress.

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Heninger, G. Psychiatric research in the 21st century: opportunities and limitations. Mol Psychiatry 4, 429–436 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000642

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