title: Teaching pearls from the lost art of psychopharmacology.
abstract: Rapid advances in neuroscience and clinical research have made the practice of quality clinical psychopharmacology increasingly difficult. While practice guidelines, model psychopharmacology curricula, and clinical algorithms have helped "the science" of psychopharmacology, they often fail to provide guidance for clinicians in specific clinical situations with individual patients. Quality psychopharmacology practice is based on a combination of knowledge, experience, judgment, and luck. In this article, the authors present their collection of psychopharmacology "pearls" for trainees as well as experienced clinicians. (Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2009;15:423-426).
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, USA. iraglick@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Ira D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Balon
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballon
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rovine
mesh_terms: D001045:Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching