A Critical look at some assumptions of biopsychiatry

Ethical Human Sciences and Services

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-96

  Shean, G ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0035149522     PISSN: 1523150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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