Anti-depressant and mood stabilising drugs
Learning outcomes from this lecture: 1. describe indications for and phases of treatment of depressive illness 2. describe the mechanisms of action and properties of commonly used antidepressant drugs 3. summarise the potential benefits and risks of antidepressants 4. describe the indications for mood-stabilising drugs in treating patients with bipolar disorder 5. summarise the potential benefits and risks of mood stabilising drugs
| Added By: | Prof Julia Sinclair |
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| Date: | 07 Dec 2020 13:34 |
| Creators: | Julia Sinclair, David Baldwin |
| Programme & Year: | BM5/BM(EU) Y2 |
| Module: | Nervous System |
| Subjects: | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
| Keywords: | psychiatry (mental health), long term conditions, psychopharmacology, depression, lithium |
| License: | Copyright: University of Southampton |