Drug Treatments for Mental Illnesses

Medications are one of the treatment options for people with mental illness.

For drug treatments for specific mental illnesses, follow the links from the Mental Illnesses [HealthInsite Topic Page]. For information on drug treatments for depression, follow the link to the HealthInsite topic page below.

Updated January 2008

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Drug Treatments for Depression
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Links to information on drug treatments for depression.
Systematic Reviews of Drug Treatments for Mental Illnesses
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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatments for mental illness.
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Title:   Mental illness treatments
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   When someone first starts to develop symptoms of mental illness, contact a doctor or a community mental health service for help. Treatment in the community, rather than in a hospital, is considered better for a person's mental health. Effective treatment involves more than medications.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data collection: 2007 report
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report presents data on the number of clients accessing pharmacotherapy for the treatment of opioid addiction, the number of prescribers participating in the delivery of pharmacotherapy treatment, and quantitative information about the prescribing sector.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Treatment and the treatment team
Publisher:   InfraPsych
Description:   The treatment of a mental illness or disorder needs to incorporate strategies that address biological, psychological, and social factors. The roles of the GP, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, counselor, occupational therapist, mental health nurse, and social worker are described.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Healthy sleeping
Publisher:   InfraPsych
Description:   When patterns of sleep become disrupted there may be significant deterioration in health. Describes sleep disturbance and mental illness, types of sleep problems, medications and other substances that interfere with sleep, and things to do to improve sleep.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Forensic mental health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   'Forensic' means related to or associated with legal processes. Forensic mental health refers to the services provided for the assessment and care of mentally disturbed offenders. Young men are over-represented in Australia's prison population, and are more likely than others to be referred for assessment.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Medicines for mental illness in children
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Children and adolescents can develop mental health problems. Often these can be managed without the need for medication.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Prescribing psychotropic medication to children in general practice
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Child and adolescent mental health problems are common in the community, but the scientific basis for the treatment of these conditions is still in its infancy.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Mental illness treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Mental illness can be treated. However, because there are many different factors contributing to the development of each illness, it can sometimes be difficult to predict how, when, or to what degree someone is going to get better.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Treatments for mental illness
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Is mental illness treatable? What does treatment really mean? Where are people treated? How can people help themselves? How do I find out more?
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Victorian Mental Illness Council talk with CHF about quality use of medicines issues
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) provides a service and a voice for people who use mental health services in Victoria. Community QUM is about consumers managing medicines wisely, safely and appropriately.
Date:   Jan 2005
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