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Bipolar Disorder Management Physician Oder: New Initiatives at the Mental Hospital of Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia

Yousef Ahmed Alomi1★, Nora Alsolami2, Nada Alqahtani3, Abeer Alsairi4, Ban Aldossari5★ Corresponding author

  1. 1The Past General Manager of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care and Past Head, National Clinical pharmacy, and Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy R and D Administration, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA.
  2. 2Head, Pharmaceutical Care Services, Al-Amal Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 100, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.
  3. 3Head, Drug Information Services, Pharmaceutical Care Services, Al-Amal Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 100, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.
  4. 4Head, Medication Safety Officer, Pharmaceutical Care Services, Al-Amal Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 100, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.
  5. 5Head, Inpatient Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Care Services, Al-Amal Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, P.O.BOX 100, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.

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Yousef Ahmed Alomi

The Past General Manager of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care and Past Head, National Clinical pharmacy, and Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy R and D Administration, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA.

yalomi@gmail.com

Received: 07-03-2018; Revised: 12-04-2018; Accepted: 11-05-2018.

Volume 4, Issue 2 · pp. 124–125 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2018.2.28

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ABSTRACT

The national psychiatric pharmacy program is new system founded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The program of mental health care services at Ministry of health. The new program started with several initiatives projects including evidence named medicine guidelines. The new project of bipolar disorder management physician order was one the outcome of the program. The guidelines development through task force committee by Pharmacy department at the most prominent mental hospital, in Riyadh region in Saudi Arabia. The project prevents antipsychotic-related problems and avoids the unnecessary economic burden on the healthcare system. The new initiative’s project is new in Saudi Arabia, Gulf and Middle East counties.

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    Alomi, Y. A., Alsolami, N., Alqahtani, N., Alsairi, A., & Aldossari, B. (). Bipolar Disorder Management Physician Oder: New Initiatives at the Mental Hospital of Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine, 4(2), 124–125. https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2018.2.28