Citation

Park SH. Ment. Health Clin. 2014; 4(6): 266-270.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists)

DOI

10.9740/mhc.n207200

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A board-certified psychiatric pharmacist is an ideal clinician to manage medication needs for patients being treated for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Underlying psychiatric symptoms should be managed before initiating medications such as interferons- therapeutic biologicals associated with causing psychiatric adverse events, including suicide. The role of a psychiatric pharmacist in a hepatitis C liver clinic highlights the value of a psychiatric pharmacist providing direct patient care and improving the quality of healthcare services in a subspecialty practice model. © 2014 Mental Health Clinician. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

pharmacist; ambulatory care; hepatitis c