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The use of Tranquillizers in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Paul H. Hoch*
Affiliation:
Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, State of New York Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

Extract

I should like to discuss some of the clinical aspects of the tranquillizing drugs, but without going into great detail as to the many theoretical considerations in biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, etc. which have been ventilated so often in connection with this form of treatment.

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Anglo-American Symposium
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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