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No Magic Pill: A Prescription for Enhanced Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment

Lisa Cosgrove, Deborah Erlich and Allen F. Shaughnessy
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2019, 32 (1) 6-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180182
Lisa Cosgrove
From Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (LC); Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston (DE); Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS).
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Deborah Erlich
From Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (LC); Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston (DE); Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS).
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Allen F. Shaughnessy
From Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (LC); Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston (DE); Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS).
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