Basic Science Training in Psychopharmacology: How Much Is Enough?

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Sammons, Morgan T ^a,d   Sexton, John L ^b   Meredith, James M ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030094174     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.3.230     Document Type: Article

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