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Biological psychiatry: time for new paradigms

David Linden

    The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
    |March 5, 2013
    PubMed
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    Biological psychiatry needs better biomarkers and treatments. This work explores why progress is slow and suggests paths for developing new diagnostic tools and therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders.

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