Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care.

This manual attempts to provide simple, adequate and evidence-based information to health care professionals in primary health care especially in low- and middle-income countries to be able to provide pharmacological treatment to persons with mental disorders. The manual contains basic principles of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.
Temas:
Psychotropic drugs.
Clinical competence.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Mental Disorders > drug therapy
Clinical Competence
Drugs, Essential > administration & dosage
Primary Health Care
Psychotropic Drugs > supply & distribution
Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use
Psychotropic Drugs
Mental Disorders > therapy
Psychotropes.
Compétence clinique.
Maladies mentales > Traitement.
Soins de santé primaires.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > Psychopharmacology.
Clinical competence
Mental illness > Treatment
Psychotropic drugs
Developing countries.
Developing countries
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1. Essential medicines for mental disorders; 2. Basic principles of prescribing; 3. Medicines used in psychotic disorders; 4. Medicines used in depressive disorders; 5. Medicines used in bipolar disorders; 6. Medicines used in generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; 7. Medicines used in obsessive-compulsive disorders and panic attacks; 8. Medicines used in alcohol and opioid dependence; 9. Essential references and source documents.

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