Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care.
Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care.
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.
- xi, 69 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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 prescribing followed by chapters on medicines used in psychotic disorders; depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, assessment and synthesis and the peer view process.
9789241547697
Mental disorders
Psychotropic drugs
Essential drugs
Clinical competence.
Primary health care
QV 77.2 P 2009
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 prescribing followed by chapters on medicines used in psychotic disorders; depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, assessment and synthesis and the peer view process.
9789241547697
Mental disorders
Psychotropic drugs
Essential drugs
Clinical competence.
Primary health care
QV 77.2 P 2009