INTEGRATING PHARMACOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY - AN EMERGING FIELD OF STUDY

The mind-brain barrier is being challenged by clinicians using both me dications and psychotherapy for the major psychiatric disorders. In th is article, six categories of study are outlined: (1) diagnosis-specif ic questions, (2) psychotherapeutic aspects of randomized controlled m edication trials, (3) psychotherapeutic aspects of pharmacotherapy, (4 ) the pharmacotherapist and the nonmedical psychotherapist triangle, ( 5) the meaning of medications during the stages of psychotherapy, and (6) a neurology of psychotherapy. Three categories are elaborated upon : (1) diagnosis-specific questions as they relate to disorder, (2) the meaning of medications during the stages of psychotherapy, and (3) ne urology of psychotherapy.