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A Brazilian Contribution to Benzodiazepine Psychopharmacology: Research on Anticonvulsant Therapeutics and the Dependence Problem

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In 1962, a small book of 150 pages came to my attention: Psychochemotherapy (The Physician’s Manual), by E. Remmen, S. Cohen, K. S. Ditman and J. R. Frantz11. On page 94, reference was made to a substance that was synthesized by Dr. Leo H. Sternbach, who is today honouring Brazilian Psychopharmacology with his presence. It was the first agent of a new class of psychotherapeutic compounds which could be applied in a wide area of psychopathology.

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  1. St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, England

    R. G. Priest (Professor of Psychiatry) (Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. Psychiatry Institute, Brazilian Psychiatry Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    U. Vianna Filho (Professor of Psychiatry, President) (Professor of Psychiatry, President)

  3. F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Ltd., Basle, Switzerland

    R. Amrein  & M. Skreta  & 

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Madalena, J.C. (1980). A Brazilian Contribution to Benzodiazepine Psychopharmacology: Research on Anticonvulsant Therapeutics and the Dependence Problem. In: Priest, R.G., Filho, U.V., Amrein, R., Skreta, M. (eds) Benzodiazepines. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7238-7_22

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