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Treatment resistant depression: causes and consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrew J. Smith
Andrew J. Smith*
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West London Healthcare Trust, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex UB1 3EU
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∗ Park House, Nursery Road, Huntingdon, Cambs PE18 6RJ
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The Joint winners of the second Merck Essay Prize for 1994 were Drs Andrew Smith and Swaran Singh. Their essays are published below. The number of entries was 15.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 1995, pp. 676 - 680
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