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Categorising the Behavioural Toxicities of Antidepressants Proposals and Requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James F. O'Hanlon  and
Hugh Freeman
James F. O'Hanlon
Affiliation:
Institute for Human Psychopharmacology, University of Limburg, Abstraat 2A, 6211 LS Maastrict, The Netherlands
Hugh Freeman*
Affiliation:
21 Montagu Square, London W1H 1RE
*
Professor Hugh Freeman, 21 Montagu Square, London W1H 1RE
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 166 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 421 - 423
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