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Towards a psychiatry fit for purpose. Commentary on: Read and Moncrieff (2022) ‘Depression: why drugs and electricity are not the answer’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

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Patrick Bracken*
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Independent Consultant Psychiatrist, Schull, West Cork, Ireland
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Author for correspondence: Patrick Bracken, E-mail: [email protected]
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 52 , Issue 8 , June 2022 , pp. 1419 - 1420
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