Psychopharmacology of Anticonvulsants: Do All Anticonvulsants Have the Same Mechanism of Action?

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Stephen M. Stahl · Neuroscience Education Institute

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Anticonvulsants are not a single therapeutic class, but are composed of multiple distinct subclasses with different mechanisms of action, efficacies, and side effects.

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Published in: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 149-150

DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v65n0201

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Psychopharmacology of Anticonvulsants: Do All Anticonvulsants Have the Same Mechanism of Action?

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