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Major depression is a serious and potentially fatal brain syndrome requiring pharmacotherapy or neuromodulation, and psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2022

Joseph F. Goldberg Open the ORCID record for Joseph F. Goldberg [Opens in a new window]  and
Henry A. Nasrallah
Joseph F. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Henry A. Nasrallah
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Author for correspondence: Joseph F. Goldberg, E-mail: joseph.goldberg@mssm.edu
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Antidepressantselectroconvulsive therapymajor depressive disorderneuromodulationpharmacotherapy

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 52 , Issue 8 , June 2022 , pp. 1423 - 1425
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