Psychotropic drug prescribing in a Nigerian psychiatric hospital

Psychopharmacotherapy dominates the therapeutic arsenal of psychiatrists and, not surprisingly, psychotropic drugs are widely consumed in psychiatric practice. The pattern of prescribing of these drugs needs to be appraised in terms of ‘rational drug use’, which may be defined as ‘the use of the lea...

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Autores principales: Agbonile, Imafidon O., Famuyiwa, Oluwole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508010
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description Psychopharmacotherapy dominates the therapeutic arsenal of psychiatrists and, not surprisingly, psychotropic drugs are widely consumed in psychiatric practice. The pattern of prescribing of these drugs needs to be appraised in terms of ‘rational drug use’, which may be defined as ‘the use of the least number of drugs to obtain the best possible effects in the shortest possible time and at a reasonable cost’ (Gross, 1981).
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spelling pubmed-67348912019-09-10 Psychotropic drug prescribing in a Nigerian psychiatric hospital Agbonile, Imafidon O. Famuyiwa, Oluwole Int Psychiatry Original Paper Psychopharmacotherapy dominates the therapeutic arsenal of psychiatrists and, not surprisingly, psychotropic drugs are widely consumed in psychiatric practice. The pattern of prescribing of these drugs needs to be appraised in terms of ‘rational drug use’, which may be defined as ‘the use of the least number of drugs to obtain the best possible effects in the shortest possible time and at a reasonable cost’ (Gross, 1981). The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734891/ /pubmed/31508010 Text en © 2009 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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