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Patient & Family Resource CenterMore educational programsDepression Program

A free educational program exclusively for patients, families and friends presented by the Department of Psychiatry's Patient & Family Resource Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.

TMS and Other Brain Stimulation Therapies 
Joan Camprodon, MD, PhD, MPH

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Maurizio Fava, MD

The Role of Placebo in Clinical Practice
Cristina Cusin, MD

Biological Targeting and Antidepressants
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John D. Matthews, MD

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