Re: Over-the-Counter Drugs for the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders – The Views of German Pharmacists. By J. Hamann, K. Linde, H. D. Schweiger, O. Kusmakow, H. Foerstl, Pharmacopsychiatry 2014; 47: 84–88

K. Rickels

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1395573

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Pharmacopsychiatry 2015; 48(02): 80
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395573

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Re: Over-the-Counter Drugs for the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders – The Views of German Pharmacists. By J. Hamann, K. Linde, H. D. Schweiger, O. Kusmakow, H. Foerstl, Pharmacopsychiatry 2014; 47: 84–88

K. Rickels

¹Perelman School of Medicine, Psychiatry, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment and Research Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Key words

mood disorders - depression treatment - depression

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