Mental health: Next steps in learning...
If you have an interest in mental health and caring for patients who suffer from psychiatric illness, then consider joining the
College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP). It’s an opportunity to make contact with colleagues with similar interests, share expert resources, receive training, and keep up-to-date.
BMJ Learning has a range of e-learning around mental health. Click on the ‘Browse by speciality’ tab then select ‘Psychiatry’. The MHRA also has a series of e-learning modules on psychiatry drugs including
antipsychotic drugs,
SSRIs and
benzodiazepines.
CPPE has a number of resources to support your learning and practise in mental health that you can find by entering ‘mental health’ into the search box on any page of the
CPPE website.
In collaboration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the CPPE have prepared practical publications to assist with medicines optimisation in the mental health arena:
Schizophrenia medicines optimisation briefing and
article;
Depression medicines optimisation briefing and
article.
