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Antipsychotic therapy and suicide risk in patients with treatment-resistant depression: target trial emulation framework study: commentary, Narita

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2025

Zui C. Narita*
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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