Psychiatry is Broadening the Biological Paradigm at Last – A Commentary on Hoffmann et al. “Dietary Supplements in Psychiatric Treatment – A Narrative Review”

Harald Walach

doi:10.1055/a-0987-0366

Pharmacopsychiatry, Table of Contents

Pharmacopsychiatry 2019; 52(06): 282-283
DOI: 10.1055/a-0987-0366

Commentary

Psychiatry is Broadening the Biological Paradigm at Last – A Commentary on Hoffmann et al. “Dietary Supplements in Psychiatric Treatment – A Narrative Review”

Authors

Harald Walach

¹Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

²Department of Psychology, University of Witten-Herdecke, Witten, Germany

³Change Health Science Institut, Berlin, Germany

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