Integrating pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy: an emerging field of study.
The mind-brain barrier is being challenged by clinicians using both medications and psychotherapy for the major psychiatric disorders. In this paper, six categories of study are outlined: 1) Diagnosis specific questions, 2) psychotherapy during randomized controlled mediation trials, 3) psychotherapeutic aspects of pharmacotherapy, 4) pharmaco-therapist and the non-medical psychotherapist, 5) meaning of medications during psychotherapy, and 6) neurology of psychotherapy. Three of these are elaborated upon: 1) diagnostic questions as they relate to panic disorder, 2) pharmacotherapy during the stages of psychotherapy, and 3) the neurology of psychotherapy.
Beitman
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BD
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents