Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care. 

 - Geneva :  World Health Organization,  2009. 
 - xi, 69 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789241547697 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental disorders<br/>Psychotropic drugs<br/>Essential drugs<br/>Clinical competence.<br/>Primary health care
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QV 77.2 P 2009