Highlights of the 19th Annual Conference: Veterans Administration Studies in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20-22, 1974

摘要

The document contains highlights from the Veterans Administration (VA) Studies in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences 19th Annual Conference. Included are symposia on the following subjects: mental health involvement in medical/surgical problems; innovative therapeutic approaches; brain function and age; cooperative studies developments; and human rights in mental health care. Also included are seminars on such topics as biofeedback in clinical applications, behavior therapy, psychotherapeutic drug therapy and the clinical pharmacist, and prescribing psychotherapeutic drugs. The keynote address, presented by Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, Professor of Pharmacology and Psychology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is entitled 'Drugs, neurotransmitters and schizophrenia'.