Drug treatment for personality disorders

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Tyrer, Peter ^a   Bateman, Anthony W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLOZAPINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIOTIXENE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 4544335523     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.10.5.389     Document Type: Article

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