Assessment of public health and social problems associated with the use of psychotropic drugs.

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Social Problems

scholarly journals Use of Prescribed Psychotropics during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Pregnancy, Neonatal, and Childhood Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Creeley ◽  
Denton
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Prenatal Exposure ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes ◽  
Mother And Child

This paper reviews the findings from preclinical animal and human clinical research investigating maternal/fetal, neonatal, and child neurodevelopmental outcomes following prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs. Evidence for the risks associated with prenatal exposure was examined, including teratogenicity, neurodevelopmental effects, neonatal toxicity, and long-term neurobehavioral consequences (i.e., behavioral teratogenicity). We conducted a comprehensive review of the recent results and conclusions of original research and reviews, respectively, which have investigated the short- and long-term impact of drugs commonly prescribed to pregnant women for psychological disorders, including mood, anxiety, and sleep disorders. Because mental illness in the mother is not a benign event, and may itself pose significant risks to both mother and child, simply discontinuing or avoiding medication use during pregnancy may not be possible. Therefore, prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs is a major public health concern. Decisions regarding drug choice, dose, and duration should be made carefully, by balancing severity, chronicity, and co-morbidity of the mental illness, disorder, or condition against the potential risk for adverse outcomes due to drug exposure. Globally, maternal mental health problems are considered as a major public health challenge, which requires a stronger focus on mental health services that will benefit both mother and child. More preclinical and clinical research is needed in order to make well-informed decisions, understanding the risks associated with the use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy.

Suicide Attempts 1970—75: Updating a United States Study and Comparisons with International Trends

1978 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Wexler ◽  
Myrna M. Weissman ◽  
Stanislav V. Kasl
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
International Trends

This paper brings up to date a 1970 study of suicide attempters coming to a major emergency room in an United States urban community and reviews international trends in suicide attempts. Results of the study and the review of the international literature indicate that the high rates of suicide attempts that were observed in 1970 are continuing into 1975. The incidence of suicide attempts continues to be a public health problem primarily among young women. Pill ingestion, usually barbiturates and psychotropic drugs, continues to be the most common method used.

Pharmacoepidemiology of psychotropic drugs: examples of current research challenges on major public health issues

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Verdoux ◽  
Marie Tournier ◽  
Bernard Bégaud
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Prenatal Exposure ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Antipsychotic Drugs ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
The Impact

SummaryBackground– As a large number of persons are exposed to prescribed psychotropic drugs, their utilisation and impact should be further explored at the population level.Aims– To illustrate the interest of pharmacoepidemiological studies of psychotropic drugs by selected examples of major public health issues.Method– Selective review of the literature. Results – Many questions remain unsolved regarding the behavioural teratogenicity of prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs, the impact of their increasing use in children, the long-term cognitive consequences of exposure to benzodiazepines, and the risks associated with extension of indications of antipsychotic drugs.Conclusion– Pharmacoepidemiological studies need to be further developed owing to the large number of public health questions raised by the extensive and expanding use of psychotropic drugs.

scholarly journals Alcohol consumption is a leading risk for morbidity and mortality; public health initiatives needed

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-296
Author(s):  
Ram Lakhan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Economic ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Public Health Initiatives

I read the article authored by Dasgupta et al “Alcohol Consumption by workers in automobile repair shops of a slum of Kolkata: An assessment with AUDIT instrument” with great interest. This article was published in the Nepal Journal of Epidemiology in volume 3, issue 3, 2013. Alcoholism leads several health, economic and social problems in the lives of people who consume it. It also affects their families and community. Social issues such as violence, suicide, child neglect, work place absent, conflict in relationship, and divorce are some common outcomes of alcohol consumption.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v3i4.9520

Cybertarianism further exposed: Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the COVID-19 conjuncture

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-116
Author(s):  
André Dorcé Ramos ◽  
Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed ◽  
Jorge Antonio Saavedra Utman ◽  
Toby Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Public Broadcasting ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Media Reform ◽  
Market Solutions

Chile, Colombia and Mexico have long been at the heart of neo-liberal experimentation and cybertarian fantasy. The former has denuded their ability to meet the needs of the citizenry in general, the latter to provide a democratic media. The contemporary pandemic has put these deregulated, privatized economies under particular strain – market solutions to social problems have proven dramatically, drastically, predictably inefficient. In the sphere of education, the isolation of school pupils and workers, mandated in the interest of public health, has driven a return to public broadcasting. Combined with mass public agitation and media-reform movements, that provides hope for a new landscape.

Medico-social problems of hospices in St.-Petersburg pediatric practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Ivanovich Vishnyakov ◽  
Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Kutyrev ◽  
Zoya Anisimovna Sofiyeva ◽  
Sergey Ivanovich Gvozdarev
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Disease Prognosis

Children with an unfavourable disease prognosis require separate attention in the public health service of any state. A child with such disorder probably won’t enter into adult life. That fact creates a number of social and economic problems. In this article authors examine the work of the first in Russia children hospice in St. Petersburg and raise the problem of cooperation between hospices and other medical, non-medical organizations and public authorities.

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