Conference paper

PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY AND COMORBIDITY: CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMIOLOGICAL ISSUES, DILEMMAS AND CONTROVERSIES

Miro Jakovljević ; University Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Comorbidity is one of the greatest research and clinical challenges to
contemporary psychiatry. Mental disorders are often comorbidly expressed, both among themselves and with various sorts of somatic diseases and illnesses. Shifting the paradigm from vertical/mono-morbid interventions to comorbidity and multimorbidity approaches enhances effectiveness and efficiency of human resources utilization. Comorbidity studies have been expected to be an impetus to
research on the validity of current diagnostic systems as well as on establishing more effective and efficient treatment including personalized pharmacotherapy.

Keywords

comorbidity; multimorbidity; integrative medicine; personalized psychopharmacotherapy

Hrčak ID:

49220

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/49220

Publication date:

25.6.2009.

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