The dental role in smoking cessation advice for patients with mental and behavioural disorders--time for improvement?
The past few years have seen an increasing emphasis upon the role of the dental team in smoking cessation. The recent advances in knowledge of the level and role of tobacco use in patients with mental and behavioural disorders, the biological factors involved and the influences of tobacco on psychiatric medication metabolism and side effects has not been reflected in dental postgraduate education. Perhaps it is time for an evidence based improvement in care standards by referring these patients for specialist cessation advice?
Baker
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RA
South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Midvale Clinic, Midvale Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 5BD. robert.baker@nhs.net
D003376:Counseling; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs