Comorbidity in psychiatry: its impact on psychopharmacological treatment.

Psychiatr Danub

Academy of sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Published: September 2009

The existence of two or more diagnoses (psychiatric, or a combination with somatic) in one person leads to a dilemma when choosing psychopharmacs for the treatment of the patient. There are no acceptable and comprehensive guidelines or algorithms for the treatment of innumerable possible combinations of psychiatric and somatic disorders. A strategy for treatment of such conditions is needed.

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