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On lightening up: improvement trajectories in recovery from depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gordon Parker
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This article is an extended consideration of a recent editorial (Parker, 1996), and seeks to argue the importance of studying both onset and trajectories of improvement in those with depressive disorders.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 186 - 193
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1996 

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