Pharmacological Challenges in Anxiety Disorders

Lawrence H. Price, Andrew W. Goddard, Linda C. Barr
Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit
Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities
Connecticut Mental Health Center
Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut 06519.

and

Wayne K. Goodman
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida 32610.


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