The tyranny of the majority and the interchangeability of drugs

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-5

  Stahl, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84871072841     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12025     Document Type: Note

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