Use of herbal medications among out-patients in a psychiatry clinic in Sri Lanka

The use of complementary and alternative medicine is increasing among psychiatric populations. Herbal medications are a form of alternative and complementary medicine whose use has increased over the last decade. Two studies done among Western out-patient groups have reported rates of use of herbal...

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Autores principales: Kuruppuarachchi, K. A. L. A., Hapangama, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507952
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spelling pubmed-67348342019-09-10 Use of herbal medications among out-patients in a psychiatry clinic in Sri Lanka Kuruppuarachchi, K. A. L. A. Hapangama, A. Int Psychiatry Original Paper The use of complementary and alternative medicine is increasing among psychiatric populations. Herbal medications are a form of alternative and complementary medicine whose use has increased over the last decade. Two studies done among Western out-patient groups have reported rates of use of herbal medicine at 15% (‘current use’; Matthews et al, 2003) and 24% (Knaudt et al, 1999). The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734834/ /pubmed/31507952 Text en © 2008 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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