Drug Treatment of Chronic Ambulatory Patients

DAVID M. ENGELHARDTAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.11.1329

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The introduction and widespread use of psychotropic drugs have raised many problems for the community physician. The private practitioner (whether psychiatrist or general practitioner) should be alert to problems of safety, toxicity, and side effects. Unless he is an expert in psychopharmacology, he should restrict himself to prescribing only a small number of drugs and should determine by clinical trial the optimal dosage for each patient.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123 • Number 11 • May 1967

Pages: 1329 - 1337

PubMed: 5336627

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Published in print: May 1967

Published online: 1 April 2006

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DAVID M. ENGELHARDT

Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychopharmacology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11203

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Drug Treatment of Chronic Ambulatory Patients

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