Communication from the viewpoint of the European Regional Reference Center

Abstract

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  1. The number of psychotropic drugs and the literature on them is rising from year to year. The publications from the International Reference Center for Psychotropic Drugs (Psychopharmacology Bulletin, Psychotropic Drug Index and Mental Health Literature) help to codify this stream of information.

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  2. The Committee for the Prophylaxis and Therapy of Depressions founded in 1975 aims at keeping physicians outside psychiatry up-to-date with the pharmacotherapy and clinical picture of depressions. The fact that the Psychiatric University Clinic of Basle combines the activities of the Committee with those of a Regional Reference Center is very favourable as the two organizations are complementary.