Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature for Psychotropic Drugs: Four Reasons to Use and Keep it in Portugal

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  • Afonso Gouveia Serviço de Psiquiatria. Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Alentejo. Beja; Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC). NOVA Medical School. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3055-2063
  • Filipa Martins Serviço de Psiquiatria. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João. Porto; Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde – CINTESIS. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. Porto. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-3124
  • Pedro Trindade Serviço de Psiquiatria. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2158-8594
  • Gustavo Jesus Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa; Partners in Neuroscience – PIN. Lisboa; Serviço de Psiquiatria. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira (ULS Estuário do Tejo). Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-081X
  • João M. Bessa Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa; Partners in Neuroscience – PIN. Lisboa; Serviço de Psiquiatria. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira (ULS Estuário do Tejo). Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6385-2452
  • Maria João Heitor Environmental Health Behaviour Lab. Instituto de Saúde Ambiental & Laboratório Associado TERRA. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa; Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental. Hospital Beatriz Ângelo. Loures; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde – CIIS. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3481-091X
  • Luís Câmara Pestana Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa; Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte – CHULN. Lisboa. 
  • Luís Afonso Fernandes Departamento de Saúde Mental. Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-5450
  • Pedro Morgado Life and Health Sciences Research Institute – ICVS. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Minho. Campus de Gualtar. Braga; Laboratório Associado ICVS/3B’s. Braga/Guimarães. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3880-3258
  • Albino J. Oliveira-Maia Champalimaud Research and Clinical Centre. Fundação Champalimaud. Lisboa; NOVA Medical School. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-3007

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.20267

Keywords:

Mental Disorders/drug therapy, Portugal, Psychotropic Drugs, Terminology as Topic

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2024-03-01

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Gouveia A, Martins F, Trindade P, Jesus G, M. Bessa J, Heitor MJ, Câmara Pestana L, Fernandes LA, Morgado P, Oliveira-Maia AJ. Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature for Psychotropic Drugs: Four Reasons to Use and Keep it in Portugal. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 28];37(3):155-9. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/20267

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Vol. 37 No. 3 (2024): March

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