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According to a recent study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately half of Americans with major depression do not receive treatment for the condition, and in many cases, the therapies people do receive are not consistent with the appropriate standard of care.

The results were published in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, a journal of the American Medical Association. The work was also funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging.

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