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The Harvard Mental Health Letter reports that:
* About 40% of patients with medication-resistant depression show some
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* In a controlled study, TMS was no more effective than sham treatment
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Also in this issue:
* Conversion disorder
* Drug advertising's effect on prescribing practices
* A doctor answers: What are the dangers of methamphetamine?

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