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Managing mental illness in Ghana: the state of commonly prescribed psychotropic medicines

BACKGROUND: In Ghana, about 13 % of the adult population is estimated to be affected by mental health disorders of varying forms. In managing these patients, psychotropic medications are mostly employed. Since most of these conditions are chronic cases, the medications are consumed for prolonged per...

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Autores principales: Oppong, Samuel, Kretchy, Irene A., Imbeah, Emelia P., Afrane, Barima A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0061-y