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. 2016 Nov;19(4):127.
doi: 10.1136/ebmental-2016-102311. Epub 2016 Aug 31.

Second-generation antidepressants and cognitive-behavioural therapy are both viable choices for initial treatment of major depression

Atsuo Nakagawa  1
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Second-generation antidepressants and cognitive-behavioural therapy are both viable choices for initial treatment of major depression

Atsuo Nakagawa. Evid Based Ment Health. 2016 Nov.
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Keywords: THERAPEUTICS.

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Competing interests: AN reports grants from Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, lecture fees from Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Mochida, Yoshitomi-Yakuhin, Otsuka, Dainippon Sumitomo, Tanabe-Mitsubishi and Meiji outside the submitted work.

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