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“Medicine Is Awesome”: A Critical Look at the Factors That Shape Thinking About Depression and Its Treatment

Allen F. Shaughnessy, Joshua Passarelli, Sophie Pollack-Milgate and Lisa Cosgrove
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2025, 38 (3) 625-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240416R1
Allen F. Shaughnessy
From the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine (AFS); Tufts University School of Medicine (JP); Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston (SPM); Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston (LC).
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Joshua Passarelli
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Sophie Pollack-Milgate
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Lisa Cosgrove
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vol. 38 no. 3 625-630
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240416R1
PubMed 
40854697

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication November 19, 2024
  • Revision received January 21, 2025
  • Accepted for publication January 29, 2025
  • Published online September 15, 2025.

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  1. Allen F. Shaughnessy, Pharm D, M.Med.Ed,
  2. Joshua Passarelli, BA,
  3. Sophie Pollack-Milgate, BA and
  4. Lisa Cosgrove, PhD
  1. From the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine (AFS); Tufts University School of Medicine (JP); Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston (SPM); Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston (LC).
  1. Corresponding author: Allen F. Shaughnessy, Pharm.D., M.Med.Ed., Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, 195 Canal Street, Malden, MA 02148 (E-mail: allen.shaughnessy{at}tufts.edu).
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Allen F. Shaughnessy, Joshua Passarelli, Sophie Pollack-Milgate, Lisa Cosgrove
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2025, 38 (3) 625-630; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240416R1

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Allen F. Shaughnessy, Joshua Passarelli, Sophie Pollack-Milgate, Lisa Cosgrove
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2025, 38 (3) 625-630; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240416R1
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