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Methodological concerns in umbrella review of serotonin and depression

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Andrew L. Smith & Marco Solmi

  2. Department of Mental Health, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Andrew L. Smith & Marco Solmi

  3. IMPACT (Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Treatment) Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Andre F. Carvalho

  4. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) Clinical Epidemiology Program University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Marco Solmi

  5. School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Marco Solmi

  6. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

    Marco Solmi

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Smith, A.L., Carvalho, A.F. & Solmi, M. Methodological concerns in umbrella review of serotonin and depression. Mol Psychiatry 29, 203–204 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02460-5

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