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Access and use of psychotropic medicines in low-resource settings [PDF]

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2015
Improving access and rational use of essential medicines at all levels of care is a global challenge. Key issues related to the provision and rational use of psychotropic medicines have recently been analysed by Padmanathan et al. who conducted a survey of the psychotropic medicines management cycle in Bihar, the third most populous state of India with
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Combination psychotropic medicine use in older adults and risk of hip fracture [PDF]

Australian Prescriber, 2019
Older people might be embarrassed to talk about falling as they worry this may be judged as a loss of their ability to live independently. Ask older patients, at least yearly, if they ever feel unsteady on their feet or if they have fallen Consider whether medicines may be contributing to feelings of unsteadiness or falling.
Oliver Frank, Kerrie Westaway, Elizabeth E. Roughead, Zain Elgebaly, Natalie Blacker, Rosemary Allin, Russell Shute, Nicole L. Pratt   +7 more
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Use of psychotropic drugs before pregnancy and the risk for induced abortion: population-based register-data from Finland 1996-2006

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Some, though not all studies have reported an increased risk for mental health problems after an induced abortion. Problems with design and data have compromised these studies and the generalisation of their results.
Ritvanen Annukka, Artama Miia, Gissler Mika, Wahlbeck Kristian   +3 more
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The prevalence and incidence of mental ill-health in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities [PDF]

, 2008
The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and ...
A. V. Brereton, Alison Jackson, B. Holden, C. Lord, C. Morgan, C. W. McGrother, Craig A. Melville, D. G. Allen, D. Mantry, Dipali Mantry, E. A. Bradley, E. A. Bradley, E. Billstedt, E. Smiley, E. Tsakanikos, E. Tsakanikos, Elita Smiley, F. Tyrer, G. Baird, G. Dawson, H. Leonard, H. Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk van, H. W. M. Kwok, J. Bertrand, J. Hill, J. K. Kern, J. L. Matson, J. L. Matson, J. Robertson, Janet Finlayson, Jill Morrison, K. McClintock, L. Lecavalier, L. Wing, Linda Allan, M Yeargin-Allsopp, M. E. Stewart, M. G. Aman, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Hotopf, M. M. Konstantareas, M. Wullink, N. Holmes, National Initiative: Autism Screening, Assessment, P. A. Filipek, P. Sturmey, P. W. Davidson, R. A. Collacott, R. Didden, R. Didden, R. Farmer, R. M. Reese, S. -A. Cooper, S. -A. Cooper, S. A. Borthwick-Duffy, S. A. Cooper, S. A. Cooper, S. Bhaumik, S. Chakrabarti, S. Chakrabarti, S. Deb, S. Moss, Sally-Ann Cooper, Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, T. D. Cook, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation   +67 more
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Medication used in intentional drug overdose in Flanders 2008-2013 [PDF]

, 2019
Background : Intentional drug overdose is the most common method of self-harm. As psychiatric disorders are very common in self-harm patients, the medication used to treat these disorders can become the means for the self-harm act.
Portzky, Gwendolyn, Rotsaert, Ine, Van Heeringen, Cornelis, Vancayseele, Nikita   +3 more
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Did the COVID-19 pandemic influence the use of psychotropic medications by university students and LGBTQIAPN+? A Brazilian multicenter study [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: The COVID-19 pandemic may have had an impact on the mental health of university students and, consequently, led to the initiation on psychotropic medications or an increase on its use.
Waléria de Paula, Adriana Lúcia Meireles, Bruna Carolina Rafael Barbosa, Luiz Antônio Alves de Menezes Júnior, Clareci Silva Cardoso, Lívia Garcia Ferreira, Eulilian Dias de Freitas, Fernanda de Carvalho Vidigal, Luciana Saraiva da Silva, Luciana Neri Nobre, Elaine Leandro Machado, Helian Nunes de Oliveira, Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do Nascimento, Glenda Nicioli da Silva   +13 more
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Safety of psychotropic medicines: contribution from observational evidence [PDF]

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2018
The risks associated with psychotropic drugs use should be accurately documented at the population level in view of the growing number of persons exposed to these drugs. The strengths of observational studies regarding the identification of drug-related harms mirror the limitations of randomised controlled trials and vice-versa.
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Destruction of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances as a Stage of Circulation of Medicines

Drug development & registration, 2022
Introduction. Destruction is one of the stages of the circulation of medicines. Special importance is attached to this stage in relation to drugs related to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The activities of pharmacy and medical organizations in relation to the turnover of these funds are strictly regulated.Aim.
T. L. Malkova, E. S. Berezina
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Appropriateness of psychotropic medication use in a cohort of adolescents with intellectual disability in Queensland, Australia

BJPsych Open, 2020
Background Psychotropic medications are sometimes used off-label and inappropriately. This may cause harm to adolescents with intellectual disability. However, few studies have analysed off-label or inappropriate prescribing to this group.
Menghuan Song, Robert S. Ware, Tan N. Doan, Lyn McPherson, Julian N. Trollor, David Harley   +5 more
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Psychotropic medication use among children in the child welfare system [PDF]

, 2013
Prior research demonstrates that children in the child welfare system are given psychotropic medication at rates approximately three times higher than children and adolescents in the general population. Using data from the second National Survey of Child
Mattingly, Marybeth J., Walsh, Wendy A.
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