Mental health

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According to the leading mental health charity MIND one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. This means you will meet people who have a mental health problem regardless of your sector or speciality of practice. We also know that chronic physical health problems can trigger mental health issues and vice versa.

Despite the high prevalence of mental health problems there is sadly still much stigma associated with mental health and we all have an important role in changing this. Ensuring that people with mental health problems are treated equally to those with physical health issues is a key element of this. If you avoid consulting with people with mental health problems you have identified a learning and development need for yourself and you are in the right area of our website!

Improving your knowledge about mental illness and developing your skills in consulting with people experiencing mental health problems will provide you with the confidence to help and support people in their recovery and really make a difference to them and their families.

On this page you will find guidance and learning about common mental health disorders including anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.

PLEASE NOTE: You will not be able to book onto this event if you have previously attended the Mental Health and wellbeing in primary care study day or the Mental health and wellbeing in primary care online workshops A and B.

This online workshop focuses on common mental health conditions seen in primary care. It will enable you to support patients with a mental health condition to optimise their medicines. It will combine principles of team-based learning (TBL) to facilitate networking and discussion whilst consolidating the underpinning knowledge about antidepressants, benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics. Teams will work through simple and more complex case studies to apply knowledge and share best practice.

This programme has been developed by University of East Anglia (UEA) who own the intellectual property and copyright.

Learning Objectives:

• explain how mental health conditions can impact on patients and their carers and the key priorities for maintaining good mental health
• outline drug and non-drug management for depression
• apply national guidelines, referral criteria and evidence-informed decision-making on depression to patient care in general practice
• develop a plan to improve safety and quality for benzodiazepine and z-drugs prescribing in general practice
• identify strategies for supporting patients to reduce or stop benzodiazepines and z-drugs.

In this programme you will consider what is different about consulting with people with mental health problems. You will also recognise the impact of stigma and discrimination experienced by those with mental health problems and how to adapt your consultation style to address their needs and concerns.

Learning Objectives:

• describe the mental health treatment gap and the importance of parity of esteem (valuing mental health equally with physical health)
• recognise the impact of stigma and discrimination experienced by those with mental health problems
• select the key national practice standards most applicable to pharmacy consultations with people with mental health problems
• reflect on your consultations with people experiencing mental health problems
• maximise the effectiveness of your consultations in this field by applying person-centred skills and behaviours
• identify possible risks in your consultations with people with mental health problems.

This learning will support you to adopt a person-centred approach to involving people with dementia in consultations and decisions about their treatment and health.

Learning Objectives:

• discuss the importance and benefits of involving people with dementia in consultations and decisions about their treatment and health
• describe the skills and techniques needed to engage and communicate effectively with people with dementia
• identify some key national practice standards most applicable to pharmacy consultations with people with dementia
• recognise and address the challenges of a three-way consultation
• apply the knowledge, behaviours and person-centred skills needed to maximise the effectiveness of your consultations with people with dementia.

This video aims to increase awareness of suicide prevention for pharmacy professionals and their teams.

Learning Objectives:

• explain pharmacy’s role in supporting suicide prevention
• describe how you could support people who are thinking of or affected by suicide
• refer patients to key resources.

The aim of this guide is to help you to recognise the role that anxiety plays in your life, and to take practical steps to reduce the effect it has on you. The guide includes practical steps that you can use to become a more relaxed and calmer version of yourself, at work, at home or both.

Please note: after ordering this programme, you will be redirected to an external website where the resource is hosted. Please be aware that CPPE does not maintain control over the accuracy and currency of this programme.

Learning Objectives:

• learn ten ways to help you become calmer when anxious
• understand the various kinds of anxiety and their trigger factors
• identify the triggers of your own anxiety
• use the tips in the guide to overcome your own anxiety.

This programme is designed for pharmacy professionals in all sectors to gain new insights into different areas of mental health and how you, in your own setting and practice, can make a difference to people with these, often invisible, conditions.

The cards focus on different areas of support for people living with mental health conditions.

Learning Objectives:

• define a range of mental health conditions and recognise the impact that these can have on people's lives
• identify appropriate support options that you can offer to people with different mental health conditions
• demonstrate patient-centred consultation skills to engage people living with mental health conditions
• promote physical health and wellbeing as part of a treatment regime and encourage positive lifestyle choices
• provide mental health first aid to people in a crisis situation
• explain the importance of medicines optimisation as a strategy to support people living with mental health conditions
• support a non-discriminatory approach to people with mental health conditions, both inside and outside of the workplace.

Our education and research initiatives are core to our charitable aims. Our short courses provide opportunities for professionals to improve their knowledge.

The overall aim of this course is to help you to develop your knowledge and skills to support people who are experiencing mental health problems. Following an introduction to mental health we will concentrate on:

• depression
• anxiety disorders and insomnia
• bipolar disorder
• schizophrenia
• older people and dementia
• children and adolescents.

By participating fully and actively with the content and discussion groups you will feel more confident in engaging with people with mental health problems to improve the quality of the support you provide.

This programme runs for 12 weeks.

Learning Objectives:

• describe some common symptoms experienced by people with mental health problems
• list examples of non-pharmacological approaches in the management of mental health problems
• describe the main classes of medicines used in the management of mental health problems and how and when they are used
• access the relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and resources
• identify approaches to improve your consultation skills with people who are experiencing mental health problems using a person-centred approach
• explain the key role the pharmacy team has in supporting people with mental health problems to make decisions about their medicines and optimise their outcomes
• describe how pharmacy teams can support people with mental health problems in different care settings and across care interfaces.

This is a downloadable programme that enables you to describe the key communication and consultation skills and techniques required for person-centred care. You will learn how to explore a person’s beliefs, ideas, concerns and expectations and tailor the consultation to help them get the best from their medicines and to make informed health and lifestyle choices. The programme also develops your skills in engaging the person in shared decision making and enabling them to be a true partner in the consultation.

Learning Objectives:

• explain the concept of patient-centred care
• describe the key communication and consultation skills and techniques required to conduct patient-centred care
• apply methods to assess your own practice and identify areas of improvement
• support patients, by using a patient-centred approach, to help them get the best from their medicines and/or in making healthy lifestyle choices
• further develop your practice by exploring tools and techniques, such as health coaching.

Complete this case study to find out more about Chirag who is four years of age and the problems presented by his behaviour.

Complete this case study to find out more about Dee. She is 32 years old and has recently given birth to her first baby, Sam.

Complete the case study to find out more about Elsie. She is 80-years-old and has dementia.

Complete the case study to find out more about how you can support Grayson, a 53-year-old male who became unwell following the recent death of his mother.

Complete this reflective activity to find out more about Harry who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia five years ago.

Complete this case study to find out more about Jace, a you man who visits a pharmacy in an agitated state. He stopped taking his medication three weeks ago.

Complete this case study to find out more about Ryan and his new medicines.

Complete this case study to find out more about Paul and how he can support his daughter, Sienna. Sienna is 11 years old and struggles with anxiety.

Complete this case study to find out more about Vitesh who was diagnosed with schizophrenia two years ago.

Nice Guidance by topic, listing Mental health and behavioural conditions.

Medicines optimisation is about ensuring that the right patients get the right choice of medicine, at the right time

This workbook has been designed as an information and training resource to supplement a mental health placement for pharmacy professionals who have limited experience in the field.

It guides you through different topics, including depression, schizophrenia and dementia, as well as forensics and eating disorders. Each section contains information and a variety of tasks, questions and work-based activities to help you put your learning into practice.

Please note: This workbook was produced by the Midlands Mental Health Clinical Pharmacists Network and is approved by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy. Please be aware that CPPE does not maintain control over the accuracy and currency of this programme.

Work your way around the Depression learning topic, taking part in bite-sized interactive challenges that will help you your team support people experiencing depression. The challenges will help you to signpost to local support groups, promote good mental health, while advising patients who wish to purchase over-the-counter medicines for insomnia or low mood.

You can access this learning here: Depression - theLearningpharmacy.com

The individual floors on this resource may not have been updated for more than 12 months. The next review of this resource will take place in 2023. When working through the hotspot activities on each floor, you should make sure that you are using the most up-to-date guidance and resources available in order to support both you and your team effectively.

Learning Objectives:

• develop and run an effective health promotion campaign in your pharmacy
• provide advice and signposting on self-care and public health
• explain how to deal effectively with patient queries about long term conditions or medicines
• explain how you would develop and deliver a successful pharmacy service
• support a person presenting with a new prescription
• describe how to advise appropriately a patient requesting an OTC medicine
• become more confident in dealing with therapeutic challenges and prescription interventions
• explain how you would work in partnership with other healthcare professionals to support patients.

This e-assessment is linked with the practice standards for consultation skills and the CPPE consultation skills learning programmes.

Why should I do this assessment?

Completing this assessment will help you to check your progress and your ability to meet the competencies set out in the practice standards for consultation skills. Passing the assessment will provide assurance to you, your colleagues, other healthcare professionals and patients that you are able to recognise good practice, as well as practice that needs development.

Access and successful completion of this assessment will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the RPS Foundation or Advanced Pharmacy Frameworks. If you are working towards completing a Declaration of Competence for a pharmacy service, successful completion of this assessment will provide evidence of your learning.

HeadMeds has created seven digital tools to improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.

Dedicated to finding and addressing the sources of mental health problems.

We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Heads Together wants to help people feel much more comfortable with their everyday mental wellbeing and have the practical tools to support their friends and family.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional body responsible for education and training, and setting and raising standards in psychiatry.

We’re Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and we’re united against suicide.