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. 2021 Mar;66(3):316-318.
doi: 10.1177/0706743720963887. Epub 2020 Oct 5.

Interventional Psychiatry: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Peter Giacobbe  1   2   3   4 , Enoch Ng  3 , Daniel M Blumberger  1   4   5 , Zafiris J Daskalakis  1   4   5 , Jonathan Downar  1   4   6 , Carla Garcia  1   7 , Clement Hamani  3   4   8 , Nir Lipsman  3   4   8 , Fidel Vila-Rodriguez  9   10 , Mark Watling  11
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Interventional Psychiatry: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Peter Giacobbe et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: competency-based education; electroconvulsive therapy; interventional psychiatry; major depressive disorder; post-graduate medical education; residency; training; transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Giacobbe has received research support from the CIHR, NIH and Veteran’s Affairs Canada. He has been an unpaid consultant for St. Jude Medical and has served on an advisory board for Janssen and Bristol Myers Squibb. Dr. Ng reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. Dr. Blumberger has received research support from CIHR, NIH, Brain Canada, and the Temerty Family through the CAMH Foundation and the Campbell Family Research Institute. He received research support and in-kind equipment support for an investigator-initiated study from Brainsway Ltd. He is the site principal investigator for three sponsor-initiated studies for Brainsway Ltd. He also receives in-kind equipment support from Magventure for two investigator-initiated research. He received medication supplies for an investigator-initiated trial from Indivior. Dr. Daskalakis has received research support from CIHR, NIH, Brain Canada, and the Temerty Family through the CAMH Foundation and the Campbell Family Research Institute. He received research support and in-kind equipment support for an investigator-initiated study from Brainsway Ltd. He is the site principal investigator for sponsor-initiated studies for Brainsway Ltd. He also receives in-kind equipment support from Magventure for investigator-initiated research. Dr. Downar has received research support from CIHR, NIMH, Brain Canada, the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression, the Ontario Brain Institute, the Klarman Family Foundation, the Arrell Family Foundation, the Edgestone Foundation, a travel stipend from Lundbeck and from ANT Neuro, an advisor to BrainCheck and in-kind equipment support for this investigator-initiated trial from MagVenture. Dr. Garcia reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. Dr. Hamani was part of an advisory board for Medtronic unrelated to this work. Dr. Lipsman reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. Dr. Vila-Rodriguez receives research support from CIHR, Brain Canada, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and in-kind equipment support for this investigator-initiated trial from MagVenture. He has participated in an advisory board for Janssen. Dr. Watling has received an honorarium from Lundbeck in the past 2 years.

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(A) Percentage of participants agreeing with statements regarding their training in recommended 1st-line treatment options for MDD during their residency. (B) Percentage of participants endorsing competence in administering rTMS, ECT, or CBT at the end of their residency. CBT = cognitive behavioural therapy; ECT = electroconvulsive therapy; MDD = Major Depressive Disorder; rTMS = repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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