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Laura Safar, MD, on Neuropsychiatric Disorders Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: Interdisciplinary Treatment Is Key

08/24/2017

In this video, Laura T. Safar, MD, details the importance of regular, interdisciplinary collaboration between neurologists psychiatrists, and other clinicians in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis and comorbid neuropsychiatric disorders. She recently gave a talk on this topic at the Consortium for Multiple Sclerosis Centers Virtual Meeting.

Reference:

  • Safar LT. Use of psychotropics in MS: antidepressants, antianxiety agents, mood stabilizers, hypnotics, antipsychotics, and cognitive enhancers. Talk presented at: Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 2020 Virtual Meeting; May 28, 2020.

 

Laura T. Safar, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and vice chair of psychiatry at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Massachusetts.

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