Key result
Many psychotropic medications listed on national Essential Medicines Lists are missing from the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List.
Why the study?
Information needed to apply for updates to WHO Essential Medicines List psychotropics may be limited or challenging to access, and many psychotropics on national EMLs are missing from the WHO EML.
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May encourage expert proposals for WHO EML psychotropic updates; leaves open data-access barriers limiting national-global alignment.
• Psychiatrists and other experts can propose World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicines List (EML) updates • Necessary information for applying to update the WHO EML psychotropics may be limited or challenging to access • Many psychotropics listed on national EMLs are missing from the WHO EML
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Machado et al. (2021) studied this question. Many psychotropic medications listed on national Essential Medicines Lists are missing from the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List.
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