Dr. Lawrence J Peacock M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
149 North St Waterville ME, 04901About
Dr. Lawrence Peacock is a psychiatrist practicing in Waterville, ME. Dr. Peacock is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Peacock diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Peacock may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Peacock treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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- Gestation period and twinning in chimpanzees.
- THE BILL-SNAP REFLEX: A FEEDING MECHANISM IN THE AMERICAN WOOD STORK.
- RADIATION-INDUCED AVERSION TO ALCOHOL.
- Electrical response of the acoustic cortex of the dog to pure and complex audio frequencies.
- Feeding regime affects activity-stress ulcer production.
- The effect of a training program and induced cognitive stress on heart rate, blood pressure, and skin conductance.
- General activity in hamsters with septal lesions.
- Taste-aversion conditioning in rats with septal lesions.
- Disruption of a radiation-induced preference shift by hippocampal lesions.
- The effect of age and food deprivation upon the general activity of the rat.
- Conditioned heart rate deceleration under different dimensions of respiratory
- The effect of satiation on the value of the conditioned salivary response.
- Ultrasonic measurement and automatic analysis of general activity in the rat.
- Kainic acid stimulation of the lateral septum elicits tachycardia.
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