Background:This study documented the usage of psychotropics in patients presenting with psychiatric emergencies. The usage of psychotropic medications has to do with the prescription pattern of the clinicians in any setting. Materials & Methods: A retrospective study carried out at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital Case notes of patients who presented withpsychiatric emergencies were retrieved, data extracted and analyzed. Results: A total of one hundred and fourteen patients were studied over a 10 year period. Most patients (82.5%) were diagnosed with psychotic disorders. Antipsychotics accounted for 67.5% of all prescriptions. Chlorpromazine was the most commonly prescribed oral psychotropic (22.8%). Mood stabilizers were 12.3...
Background: This study examines the diagnosis of malaria and pattern of prescription of antimalaria...
II est question dans ce texte de la psychothérapie de soutien. Cette approche un peu «fourre-tout» e...
Catedra Psihiatrie, Narcologie şi Psihologie medicală U.S.M.F. „Nicolae Testemiţanu”The concept of a...
Psychiatric patients display an important prevalence of cardiometabolic disturbances, increasing the...
Introduction: Acute chemical poisoning is a public health problem especially in developing countries...
Background/Objective: The morbidity and mortality of neurological patients managed in the intensive ...
Objective: This study examined the pattern of physicians\u2019 prescription of antihypertensive dru...
Introduction: La prévalence de la psychose dans l’épilepsie est de 7,1%. Cette association peut infl...
Context : Antipsychotic drugs (AD) are often prescribed to elderly people and patients with schizoph...
Background: Current curriculum guidelines for addiction training in psychiatry need to be adapted to...
Les crises psychogènes non épileptiques (CPNE) sont des manifestations paroxystiques (motrices, cogn...
The higher prevalence of cannabis abuse or dependence in patients at high risk of schizophrenia, in ...
Objective: The aim of this research was to assess the characteristics of the consultations required...
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPhBackground. Psy...
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have become the first-line antipsychotic treatment for psych...
Background: This study examines the diagnosis of malaria and pattern of prescription of antimalaria...
II est question dans ce texte de la psychothérapie de soutien. Cette approche un peu «fourre-tout» e...
Catedra Psihiatrie, Narcologie şi Psihologie medicală U.S.M.F. „Nicolae Testemiţanu”The concept of a...
Psychiatric patients display an important prevalence of cardiometabolic disturbances, increasing the...
Introduction: Acute chemical poisoning is a public health problem especially in developing countries...
Background/Objective: The morbidity and mortality of neurological patients managed in the intensive ...
Objective: This study examined the pattern of physicians\u2019 prescription of antihypertensive dru...
Introduction: La prévalence de la psychose dans l’épilepsie est de 7,1%. Cette association peut infl...
Context : Antipsychotic drugs (AD) are often prescribed to elderly people and patients with schizoph...
Background: Current curriculum guidelines for addiction training in psychiatry need to be adapted to...
Les crises psychogènes non épileptiques (CPNE) sont des manifestations paroxystiques (motrices, cogn...
The higher prevalence of cannabis abuse or dependence in patients at high risk of schizophrenia, in ...
Objective: The aim of this research was to assess the characteristics of the consultations required...
Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPhBackground. Psy...
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have become the first-line antipsychotic treatment for psych...
Background: This study examines the diagnosis of malaria and pattern of prescription of antimalaria...
II est question dans ce texte de la psychothérapie de soutien. Cette approche un peu «fourre-tout» e...
Catedra Psihiatrie, Narcologie şi Psihologie medicală U.S.M.F. „Nicolae Testemiţanu”The concept of a...