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Jul 2014
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Psychological mechanisms of antidepressa...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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An interview with Catherine Harmer, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford discussing her research investigating the psychological mechanisms of anti-depressant drug action. 
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