Author | : World Health Organization |
Publisher | : World Health Organization |
File Size | : 35,5 Mb |
Release Date | : 05 June 2023 |
ISBN | : 9789241547697 |
Pages | : 80 pages |
Rating | : /5 ( users) |
Pharmacological Treatment of Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care Book PDF Online
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.