Thirty Years Cinp: A Brief History of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum

by Hanns Hippius and D.J. Daley

The development of modern psychopharmacology was triggered by two major discoveries: the psychomimetic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) in 1943 and the therapeutic effects of chlorpromazine in 1952. In his opening address to the 1st CINP Congress in Rome, Rothlin pointed out that these discoveries gave "a great impetus for any kind of scientific approach to brain research" and had "revolutionary consequences in the treatment of psychotic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540501177
• ISBN13: 9783540501176
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"