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What advice can you offer to people struggling with severe depression?

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Q. What advice can you offer to people struggling with severe depression?

Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
Answer By: Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.

Scientific Council Member

D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Stanford University

Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University received the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation in 2013. Learn more about the Outstanding Achievement Prizes at: http://bbrfoundation.org/outstanding-achievement-prizes.

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