Cosmetic psychopharmacology of anxiety: Bioethical considerations

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-238

  Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PRESCRIPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 24944501394     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-005-0072-x     Document Type: Note

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