Why do antidepressant therapies have such a poor success rate?

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Christoph Hiemke. Expert Rev Neurother. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;16(6):597-9.

doi: 10.1586/14737175.2016.1158647. Epub 2016 Mar 28.

¹ a Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Medical Center Mainz , Mainz , Germany.

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