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• Mental Health Association in Greensboro USA. More information here.
• Tharyan, P. (2001) [online article], 'Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia', in The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2001. Update Software, Oxford, UK. More information here.

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