Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression: Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'

Carmine M. Pariante

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Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression: Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'

Carmine M. Pariante^*

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Pages (from-to)	1411-1413
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychological Medicine
Volume	52
Issue number	8
Early online date	1 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000770
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Pariante, C. M. (2022). Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression: Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'. Psychological Medicine, 52(8), 1411-1413. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000770

Pariante, Carmine M. / Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression : Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'. In: Psychological Medicine. 2022 ; Vol. 52, No. 8. pp. 1411-1413.

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Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression: Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'. / Pariante, Carmine M.
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Pariante CM. Depression is both psychosocial and biological; Antidepressants are both effective and in need of improvement; Psychiatrists are both caring human beings and doctors who prescribe medications. Can we all agree on this? a commentary on 'Read & Moncrieff - Depression: Why drugs and electricity are not the answer'. Psychological Medicine. 2022 Apr 1;52(8):1411-1413. Epub 2022 Apr 1. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722000770

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