Letter to the editor: Are antipsychotics good or bad for the brain? A comment on Moncrieff & Leo

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2107-2108

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a   Leo, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Lincoln Memorial University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 78650355905     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001698     Document Type: Letter

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