Abbreviated Report of a WHO Consultation
Q7: What is the effectiveness, safety and role of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, within non- specialist health care for children with a diagnosis of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Introduction
Capter A.1
Ethics and international child and adolescent psychiatry
Q1: In individuals with psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia), are antipsychotic drugs safe and effective?
Miscellaneous
Chapter J.4
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Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness.
WHO's Health in the Green Economy sector briefings examine the health impacts of climate change mitigation strategies considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their Fourth Assessment Report (Climate Change, 2007). Large, immediate health benefits from some climate change strate...gies are to be expected.
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