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Melancholia: does this ancient concept have contemporary utility?

Gabriele SaniDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; ;Department of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Leonardo TondoCentro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy; ;Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; ;International Consortium for the Research on Mood and Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA;
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Juan UndurragaInternational Consortium for the Research on Mood and Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA; ;Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile; ;Early Intervention Program, Instituto Psiquiátrico Dr J. Horwitz Barak, Santiago, Chile;
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Gustavo H. VázquezInternational Consortium for the Research on Mood and Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA; ;Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;
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Paola SalvatoreDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; ;International Consortium for the Research on Mood and Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA; ;Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Ross J. BaldessariniDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; ;International Consortium for the Research on Mood and Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA;
Pages 466-470 | Received 17 Nov 2019, Accepted 20 Dec 2019, Published online: 16 Mar 2020

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