Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotropic drugs.

Clinical competence.

Mental illness--Treatment.

Mental illness.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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; generalised anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, as

Contents:

CONTENTS; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-68).

ISBN:

1-282-69715-3

9786612697159

92-4-068513-8

OCLC:

640028531