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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Health Organization (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization c2009.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622297306719
Table of 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