Pharmaceutical Care of the Patients Suffering from Depression

作     者：Zahida Binakaj 

作者机构：Faculty of Pharmacy University of Tuzla Univerzitetska 8 75000 Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina 

出 版 物：《Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology》 (药剂与药理学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第4卷第6期

页      面：253-260页

学科分类：1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Depression pharmaceutical care quality of life. 

摘      要：Depression is the most present mental disorders with a very expensive treatment costs. Due to the high prevalence of depression in Bosnia and Herzegovina and high work load of psychiatrists, patients that suffer from depression are often marginalised, stigmatised and inadequately treated. Therefore, a pharmacist can influence an adequate selection of a therapy through an interdisciplinary approach and pharmaceutical care and alos provide patient monitoring, counselling about side effects and interactions of the prescribed drugs, which will in the end improve the quality of life for patients that suffer from depression. The aim of this work was to establish the influence of pharmaceutical care on the outcome of the quality of life and the pharmacological treatment of patients suffering from depression. Results showed that the involvement of pharmacist in a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of depression lead to improvement of the effect of therapy and increased quality of life.