psyChiatriC mediCations in military operations

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  • BRETT J. SCHNEIDER
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*Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Deputy Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Building 61, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307 †Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Borden Pavilion, Room 2022, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307; Psychiatry Consultant, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland ‡Major, Medical Corps, US Army; Chief, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Winn Army Community Hospital, Building 9242, Room 20, 1083 Worcester Drive, Fort Stewart, Georgia 31324; formerly, Division Psychiatrist, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia §Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814

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تاریخ انتشار 2011