Alan F. Schatzberg is an American

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. He was the 136th president of the

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(2009–2010). Since 1991, he has been the Kenneth T. Norris Jr . Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at

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, and he was chair of the department from 1991 to 2010. He has received multiple national and international awards for his work as an investigator in the biology and treatment of depression. He is also the co-

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of the ''

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'', along with Florian Holsboer.

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Psychiatrists Propose Revisions to Diagnosis Manual.
via

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, Feb 10, 2010 (interviews Schatzberg and

Allen Frances Allen J. Frances (born 2 October 1942) is an American psychiatrist. He is currently Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. He is best known for serving as cha ...

on some of the main changes proposed in the

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