Rajnish Mago, MD
Director, Mood Disorders Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Mago discloses that he has received research grants from Alkermes, Allergan (formerly Forest Laboratories), Genomind, and Takeda, and that he has been a paid consultant to Genomind, Guidepoint Global, Otsuka, and Lundbeck. Dr. Carlat has reviewed this article and found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.
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