Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1. Essential medicines for mental disorders; 2. Basic principles of prescribing; 3. Medicines used in psychotic disorders; 4. Medicines used in depressive disorders; 5. Medicines used in bipolar disorders; 6. Medicines used in generalized anxiety and sleep disorders; 7. Medicines used in obsessive-compulsive disorders and panic attacks; 8. Medicines used in alcohol and opioid dependence; 9. Essential references and source documents
Summary
This manual attempts to provide simple, adequate and evidence-based information to health care professionals in primary health care especially in low- and middle-income countries to be able to provide pharmacological treatment to persons with mental disorders. The manual contains basic principles of prescribing followed by chapters on medicines used in psychotic disorders; depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; generalised anxiety and sleep disorders; obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks; and alcohol and opioid dependence. The annexes provide information on evidence retrieval, as
