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Editorial

Is internet-based psychological therapy effective for treating major depressive disorder?

Daniel Fatoria Laboratório de Psicopatologia e Terapêutica Psiquiátrica (LIM-23), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7753-894XView further author information
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Ives C Passosb Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental (CPE) and Centro de Pesquisa Clínica (CPC), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;c Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, School of Medicine, Graduate Program In Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilView further author information
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André R Brunonid Departamento de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 227-229 | Received 06 Sep 2023, Accepted 12 Dec 2023, Published online: 19 Dec 2023

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