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Comment
. 2023 Dec;28(12):4935-4936.
doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01665-w. Epub 2022 Jun 22.

Thorough consideration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders

David Zilles-Wegner  1 , Charles H Kellner  2 , Alexander Sartorius  3
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Thorough consideration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders

David Zilles-Wegner et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Dec.
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CHK receives royalties from Cambridge University Press for Handbook of ECT, fees from UpToDate for ECT topics, and fees from Northwell Health for teaching in an ECT course.

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