Controversies in recommending treatments for depression-A debate

Nikolas Heim¹, Allan Abbass², Patrick Luyten^{3

4}, Falk Leichsenring^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and The Centre for Emotions and Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.

Editorial

Nikolas Heim et al. Bipolar Disord. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;26(4):319-320.

doi: 10.1111/bdi.13438. Epub 2024 Apr 21.

Nikolas Heim¹, Allan Abbass², Patrick Luyten^{3

4}, Falk Leichsenring^{5

6}

¹ International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and The Centre for Emotions and Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.

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