Citation

El-Den S, Collins JC, Chen TF, O'Reilly CL. Pharm. Pract. (Granada) 2021; 19(3).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas)

DOI

10.18549/PHARMPRACT.2021.3.2545

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Mental illnesses cause significant disease burden globally, with medicines being a major modality of treatment for most mental illnesses. Pharmacists are accessible and trusted healthcare professionals who have an important role in supporting people living with mental illness. This commentary discusses the role of pharmacists in mental healthcare, as part of multidisciplinary teams, the current evidence to support these roles, and the training, remuneration and policy changes needed to recognize these roles and embed pharmacists as core members of the mental healthcare team. © the Authors.

Language: en

Keywords

human; Suicide; systematic review; health education; training; quality of life; Mental Health; psychosis; medical education; clozapine; Professional Role; health behavior; life expectancy; pharmacist; Pharmacists; Mental Health Services; polypharmacy; mental disease; prescription; mental health care; health care delivery; health care quality; patient care; mental health service; health service; health care; olanzapine; Article; Psychotropic Drugs; communication skill; Short Form 36; randomized controlled trial (topic); nicotine replacement therapy; Pharmaceutical Services; remuneration; Pharmacy; evidence-based pharmacy; Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice