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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...
Autores principales: | Oppong, Samuel, Kretchy, Irene A., Imbeah, Emelia P., Afrane, Barima A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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