If ECT Is a Placebo, We Need More of Such Placebos in Psychiatry: Reply to Read

Chittaranjan Andrade^{1

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¹ Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
² Corresponding author: Chittaranjan Andrade, MD, Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560 029, India (candrade@psychiatrist.com).

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Chittaranjan Andrade^{1

2}

¹ Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
² Corresponding author: Chittaranjan Andrade, MD, Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560 029, India (candrade@psychiatrist.com).

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