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. 2017 Aug 1;74(8):779-780.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1670.

Modern Electroconvulsive Therapy: Vastly Improved yet Greatly Underused

Harold A Sackeim¹

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York2Department of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.

PMID: 28658461
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1670

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Modern Electroconvulsive Therapy: Vastly Improved yet Greatly Underused

Harold A Sackeim. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 1;74(8):779-780.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1670.

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Harold A Sackeim¹

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York2Department of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.

PMID: 28658461
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1670

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