Amphetamine-Related Psychiatric Disorders Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Michael F Larson, DO; Chief Editor: Eduardo Dunayevich, MD   more...
 
Updated: Oct 27, 2011
 
 

Differential Diagnoses

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Michael F Larson, DO  Clinical Instructor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Psychiatrist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Private Practice

Michael F Larson, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and American Society of Addiction Medicine

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Denis F Darko, MD  Executive Director, Clinical Research and Development, Global Neuroscience, AstraZeneca

Denis F Darko, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and American Psychiatric Association

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD  Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Harold H Harsch, MD  Program Director of Geropsychiatry, Department of Geriatrics/Gerontology, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Medicine, Froedtert Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin

Harold H Harsch, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Psychiatric Association

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Eduardo Dunayevich, MD  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati; Clinical Research Physician, Neuroscience, Lilly Research Laboratories

Eduardo Dunayevich, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Psychiatric Association

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