Abstract
Mark van Ommeren and colleagues describe how they chose five psychotropic medicines to add to the Interagency Emergency Health Kit, which is a box with medicines and medical supplies designed to help people in major humanitarian emergencies.
Highlights
The Interagency Emergency Health Kit (IEHK) [1] is a large, pre-packed box containing medicines and medical supplies (Table 1)
Mittee for Updating the Interagency Emergency Health Kit, which consists of public health experts overseeing the IEHK update
While precautions should be taken to prevent the routine prescription of benzodiazepines to people experiencing distress in emergencies [15], there are occasions when anxiolytics are indicated
Summary
If You Could Only Choose Five Psychotropic Medicines: Updating the Interagency Emergency Health Kit.
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