Mental Health (Psychiatric) Pharmacist
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Mental health pharmacists specialise in the treatment of people with psychiatric illnesses.
They work across a number of healthcare settings such as inpatient and community services, acute hospital trusts and primary care, working closely with patients, as well as doctors, nurses and psychologists to ensure patients receive the ideal medicine to improve their mental well-being. They identify an appropriate medication choice considering patients’ presentation and preference, reviewing efficacy and tolerability of medication regularly with the patient and provide advice about how to get the best from the medicines ranging from storage, administration, discussing benefits of medicines or alternative options and alleviating adverse effects.
Within multidisciplinary teams, pharmacists will work alongside medical, nursing, occupational therapist and other allied health care professionals to support the holistic care of patients. Pharmacists will also provide medicines advice independently as part of clinic or one to one session linking into members of the patients care team across care sectors as relevant.
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Mental health pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are required to develop their knowledge of mental health medicines to optimise medicines use and individualise care. Opportunities to extend mental health therapeutics for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are provided by postgraduate long courses such as the Certificate or Diploma in Psychiatric Therapeutics (Aston University) or bespoke residential training courses provided by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy [CMHP], a charity dedicated to advancing education in the practice of mental health pharmacy.
