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.

The aim of this focal point is to develop your skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to having conversations with people about depression.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• confidently start a conversation about depression
• discuss options for managing depression
• tailor support to individual needs of the person
• recognise when an urgent referral is needed and appropriately refer
• reflect and recognise your support needs arising from conversations about depression
• create a signposting resource to use in your practice.

The aim of this focal point is to develop your skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to help manage the risks associated with valproate.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• describe your role in supporting people prescribed valproate
• initiate a conversation about the risks of valproate use in pregnancy and the need for effective contraception
• apply the principles of person-centred care and shared decision making in consultations with people prescribed valproate
• accurately document details of consultations in clinical records to improve continuity of care across the integrated care system
• create a signposting resource/portfolio to use in your practice.

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 Outcomes:

• 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 Outcomes:

• 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 Outcomes:

• 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 Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• use 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 aims to develop your confidence in undertaking culturally competent person-centred consultations with people living with anxiety. It will prepare you to have open dialogues with people about their anxiety and reduce the health inequalities they experience because of their mental health.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• identify your strengths and development needs in relation to supporting people living with a mental health condition such as an anxiety disorder
• summarise how cultural perspectives and the diverse communities to which people belong can influence their level of engagement with healthcare professionals about their anxiety
• compare and contrast perspectives on how to initiate a discussion, gather information and engage a person with an anxiety disorder in the shared decision-making process
• list red flag symptoms of anxiety and identify appropriate courses of action
• ask effective questions and use active listening techniques during a culturally competent person-centred consultation with a person with an anxiety disorder
• assess the different stages of a pharmacy consultation with people who have an anxiety disorder against national practice standards to identify best practice
• apply shared decision-making skills in a culturally competent person-centred consultation
• self-appraise your confidence and competence in supporting people with their mental health on completion of the programme and identify further learning needs for your continued development.

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 Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

• explain the concept of person-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.

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.

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

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

This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Depression: having meaningful conversations focal point programme and assesses you on the programme’s learning outcomes.

Why should I do this assessment?

This e-assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Depression: having meaningful conversations focal point programme. Access and successful completion will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record and will enable you to complete a revalidation record on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the different competency frameworks that apply across your career. If you are working towards completing a Declaration of Competence for a pharmacy service, successful completion of this assessment may provide evidence of your learning. 

This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Valproate: the hard conversations focal point and assesses you on the learning outcomes within that programme.

Why should I do this assessment?

This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Valproate: the hard conversations focal point and assesses you on the learning outcomes within that programme.

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.