Pharmacotherapy for general practitioners
The objective of this article is to introduce the graduate students of healthcare courses, especially medical students, into the psychopharmacotherapy field for the treatment of mental disorders. To this aim, we performed a comprehensive review of the main psychoactive drugs used today, their mechan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2017-02-01
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Series: | Medicina |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/127535 |
Summary: | The objective of this article is to introduce the graduate students of healthcare courses, especially medical students, into the psychopharmacotherapy field for the treatment of mental disorders. To this aim, we performed a comprehensive review of the main psychoactive drugs used today, their mechanisms of action, indications and contraindications, side effects. We also provided guidelines for their use in daily clinical practice |
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ISSN: | 0076-6046 2176-7262 |