biologic psychiatry

bi·o·log·ic psy·chi·a·try

a branch of psychiatry that emphasizes molecular, genetic, and pharmacologic approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

biologic psychiatry,

a school of psychiatric thought that stresses the physical, chemical, and neurologic causes of and treatments for mental and emotional disorders.

bi·o·log·ic psy·chi·a·try

(bī'ŏ-loj'ik sī-kī'ă-trē)

A branch of the medical discipline that emphasizes molecular, genetic, and pharmacologic methods in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

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That's how it should work in biologic psychiatry, too, Dr.

Science-based nomenclature launched for psychotropics: changes are expected in the way clinicians and patients think about the drugs they use

Results were presented as a poster at a meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and published in Biologic Psychiatry (2009;65:600-6).

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Sackeim, emeritus chief of the department of biologic psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Nortriptyline may aid ECT efficacy

Sackeim, chief of biologic psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

No age difference in speed of antidepressant response. (Early Response Predicts Outcome)