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Continuing Education

An Update on Psychopharmacology, 1981

Pages 352-359
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Reviews basis of modern psychopharmacology, the classes of drugs and possible mechanisms of action of drugs; reviews the literature on the biological basis of major mental disorders, and reviews the major studies of drugs used with psychotherapy.

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Vincent D'Andrea

Vincent D'Andrea, MD, CM, is a psychiatrist and teacher with the Department of Student Health, Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation, and staff psychiatrist at Cowell Student Health Center, Stanford University. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford.