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Therapy-Resistant Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ernest P. Worrall
Affiliation:
Southern General Hospital Glasgow GS1 4TF
Leo P.W. Chiu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry Chinese University of Hong Kong Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin NT Hong Kong
B. E. Leonard
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology University College Galway Ireland
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Abstract

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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