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About Therapeutic Guidelines
Getting to know your drugs
Analgesic
Antibiotic
Cardiovascular
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastrointestinal
Fatigue: diagnostic approach in primary care
Neurology
Oral and Dental
Palliative Care
Psychotropic
Contributors
Preface
Getting to know your psychotropic drugs
Pertinent practical points
Anxiety and associated disorders
Sleep disorders
Mood disorders
Grief
Depression
Introduction
Subtypes of depression
Assessing patients with depression
Treatment of depression
Principles of treatment
Nonpharmacological treatment
Pharmacological treatment
General considerations
First-line pharmacological therapy
Second-line pharmacological therapy
Anxiolytic or hypnotic co-prescription
Failure to respond to adequate antidepressant therapy
Changing from one antidepressant to another
Antidepressant discontinuation
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression
Perinatal depression
Recurrent depression
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia and related psychoses
Behavioural emergencies
Delirium
Dementia
Substance use disorders
Personality disorders
Eating disorders
Disorders usually first diagnosed in childhood and adolescence
Patient resources and support organisations (Appendix 8.1)
Sources of information and assistance (Appendix 8.2)
Clinical Institute Withdrawal of Alcohol Scale, revised (CIWA-Ar) (Appendix 8.3)
List of tables and boxes
Key references
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Ulcer and wound management
Developmental Disability
Drug use in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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