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Beyond problematic binaries in mental healthcare: a commentary on Read & Moncrieff – depression: why drugs and electricity are not the answer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Awais Aftab Open the ORCID record for Awais Aftab [Opens in a new window] ,
Ahmed Samei Huda  and
Christopher Meechan
Awais Aftab*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare (Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services), Northfield, OH, USA
Ahmed Samei Huda
Affiliation:
Tameside and Glossop EIT, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care Trust HQ, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK
Christopher Meechan
Affiliation:
Woodland View Hospital, Irvine, Ayrshire & Arran, UK
*
Author for correspondence: Awais Aftab, E-mail: awaisaftab@gmail.com
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 52 , Issue 8 , June 2022 , pp. 1414 - 1415
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This article is submitted as commentary in response to: Read, J., & Moncrieff, J. (2021). Depression: why drugs and electricity are not the answer. Psychological Medicine, 1–10. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721005031

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