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‘Prescribing’ psychotropic medication to our rivers and estuaries

SUMMARY: The influence of pharmaceuticals on the environment is an increasing concern among environmental toxicologists. It is known that their growing use is leading to detectable levels in wastewater, conceivably causing harm to aquatic ecosystems. Psychotropic medication is one such group of subs...

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Autores principales: Ford, Alex T., Herrera, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30251620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2018.72
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description SUMMARY: The influence of pharmaceuticals on the environment is an increasing concern among environmental toxicologists. It is known that their growing use is leading to detectable levels in wastewater, conceivably causing harm to aquatic ecosystems. Psychotropic medication is one such group of substances, particularly affecting high-income countries. While these drugs have a clear place in therapy, there is debate around the risk/benefit ratio in patients with mild mental health problems. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the wider implications as risks could extend beyond the individual to non-target organisms, particularly those in rivers and estuaries. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.
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spelling pubmed-66429892019-08-01 ‘Prescribing’ psychotropic medication to our rivers and estuaries Ford, Alex T. Herrera, Helena BJPsych Bull Editorial SUMMARY: The influence of pharmaceuticals on the environment is an increasing concern among environmental toxicologists. It is known that their growing use is leading to detectable levels in wastewater, conceivably causing harm to aquatic ecosystems. Psychotropic medication is one such group of substances, particularly affecting high-income countries. While these drugs have a clear place in therapy, there is debate around the risk/benefit ratio in patients with mild mental health problems. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the wider implications as risks could extend beyond the individual to non-target organisms, particularly those in rivers and estuaries. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. Cambridge University Press 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6642989/ /pubmed/30251620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2018.72 Text en © The Authors 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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