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Author Note

The author wishes to thank Madelon Sann, LCSW, for sharing her clinical insights and helpful editorial comments; Andrea D. Frazier for her help in preparing the manuscript for publication; Jennifer Robins and Roger Cohn, Assistant Director of the Northeast Millerton Library, and the staff of The New York Society Library for finding resources and materials.

Jerald Grobman is a board certified psychiatrist who specializes in the psychodynamic and cognitive/ behavioral psychotherapy of gifted adolescents and adults.

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