Polypharmacy in psychiatric outpatient practice in northern Nigeria
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Polypharmacy in psychiatric out-patient practice in northern Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE To describe and analyze patterns of polypharmacy among psychiatric outpatients in northern Nigeria and identify predictors of psychotropic polypharmacy. METHOD A cross-sectional study, using chart review of new patients at out-patient clinics of two regional psychiatric hospitals in northern Nigeria,measuring rates, patterns and predictors of psychotropic polypharmacy. RESULTS A t...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1994-8220
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v10i4.30258