Clinical effectiveness of usual care with or without antidepressant medication for primary care patients with minor or mild-major depression: a randomized equivalence trial.

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Published in BMC Med on December 07, 2007

Authors

Marleen L M Hermens1, Hein P J van Hout, Berend Terluin, Herman J Adèr, Brenda W J H Penninx, Harm W J van Marwijk, Judith E Bosmans, Richard van Dyck, Marten de Haan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. mlm.hermens@tiscali.nl

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