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Ethno-Psychopharmacology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Hapangama  and
K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi
A. Hapangama
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka, email lalithkuruppu@lycos.com
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Sir: We read the article by Pi & Zhu (2007) with interest, as this topic is particularly important to psychiatrists practising in countries like Sri Lanka, where, because of the lack of local prescribing guidelines, the dosing of medication is generally determined by guidelines developed for patients in the West, such as those from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the British National Formulary.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 76
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