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The mode of action
of the therapies used-often successfully - in psychiatric practice are ill
understood e.g. Lithium in manic depression, amphetamines in hyperactivity syndrome Electro-convulsive therapy in depression Psycho-analysis and psychotherapy Mental illness is becoming a greater problem in health care perhaps because of The particular pattern of modern urban life-work pressures, social demands, the fear of failure, unemployment, loneliness….. The burden of poverty - 2 billion people in the world live on less than 2$ per day. The increasing proportion of elderly people in the population with problems around depression, anxiety and dementia. |