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No psychiatry without psychopharmacology

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Nicol Ferrier

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Abstract

The use of psychotropic medication is an important part of most psychiatrists' clinical practice. We propose here that psychiatry needs to give more prominence to psychopharmacology in order to ensure that psychiatric drugs are used effectively and safely. The issue has several ramifications, including the future of psychiatry as a medical discipline.

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Author(s): Harrison PJ, Baldwin DS, Barnes TRE, Burns T, Ebmeier KP, Ferrier IN, Nutt DJ

Publication type: Editorial

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry

Year: 2011

Volume: 199

Issue: 4

Pages: 263-265

Print publication date: 01/10/2011

ISSN (print): 0007-1250

ISSN (electronic): 1472-1465

Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.111.094334

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.094334

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