The Center for Psychopharmacology is part of Diakonhjemmet Hospital, located at Vinderen in Oslo. We specialize in clinical psychopharmacology and our main goal is to ensure effective and safe pharmacotherapy in psychiatric patients. Being the only department in Norway with this speciality as its main focus, we receive inquiries from the entire country as well as some European countries.

The Center for Psychopharmacology performs analyses for therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenetic analyses as a routine service. In order to optimize the value of these analyses in clinical practice, our service includes individual interpretation of the results of both serum concentration analyses and pharmacogenetic analyses. We also offer information services on drug therapy and adverse effects to clinicians. The Center for Psychopharmacology is accredited by Norwegian Accreditation in accordance with ISO 15189.

More about TDM at The Center for Psychopharmacology

The research performed at the Center for Psychopharmacology is within the fields of psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry. The two main projects are pharmacokinetic variability of psychotropic drugs and the role of oxidative stress in schizophrenia.

In September 2008 The Center for Psychopharmacology hosted The Brain Lipids Conference. The main focus of the conference was lipids and oxidative stress in the central nervous system.

Professor Helge Refsum, MD, PhD
Chief of Center for Psychopharmacology

The Brain Lipids Conference 2008

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