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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

Patrick Bracken*
Affiliation:
Independent Consultant Psychiatrist, Schull, West Cork, Ireland
*
Author for correspondence: Patrick Bracken, E-mail: patjbracken@gmail.com

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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