A Survey of Community Pharmacists and Final-Year Student Pharmacists and their Perception of Psychotherapeutic Agents

McKee, Brian; Larose-Pierre, Margareth; Rappa, Leonard

doi:10.1177/0897190013515709

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“…Among published studies, MHK was operationalized in various ways including focusing on identifying medications or specific mental illnesses and recognizing recommended interventions. 24,29 These knowledge studies are limited as they do not include other important issues such as disease prevalence, mental illness symptomology, or information regarding untreated mental illness outcomes, all of which are important when treating these patients.…”

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Impact of a Mental Illness Stigma Awareness Intervention on Pharmacy Student Attitudes and Knowledge

Bamgbade

Ford

Barner

2016

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To determine if exposure to an intervention course impacts pharmacy students' mental health stigma (MHS) and mental health knowledge (MHK). Methods. A one-group pre/posttest intervention study of third-year pharmacy students (N5120) was conducted. Dependent variables were subdomains of MHS (recovery, safety, disclosure, separation, comfort) which were measured on a 5-point Likert scale (15strongly disagree; 55strongly agree). Mental health knowledge was measured with 10 true/false questions. The 2.5-hour intervention included presentations, videos, discussions, and active-learning exercises. Pre/posttests were administered, and data were analyzed using paired t tests and McNemar's tests. Results. Among responding students (n588; 73.3% response rate), the following stigma subdomains significantly decreased after the intervention for depression and schizophrenia: recovery, safety, separation, and comfort. Mental health knowledge scores significantly increased from 5.9 (1.5) to 6.8 (1.5). Conclusion. Pharmacy students' MHS and MHK related to depression and schizophrenia can be improved through a brief and interactive anti-stigma intervention.

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confidence: 99%

Impact of a Mental Illness Stigma Awareness Intervention on Pharmacy Student Attitudes and Knowledge

Bamgbade

Ford

Barner

2016

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…This study showed that most respondents strongly disagreed or disagreed with the statements that ‘The pharmacy undergraduate curriculum addresses explicitly mental health and common mental disorders’ and ‘The pharmacy curriculum prepares one adequately to practice psychiatry pharmacy’. This finding contradicts studies among pharmacy students in a Florida University and practising community pharmacists in North Carolina . In the North Carolina study, many of the practising pharmacists reported mental health as part of their didactic course work.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…4 These factors combined make pharmacists' involvement in mental health care more pertinent now than ever before. 4,5 Studies in developed countries show that despite the large volume of prescriptions of medications for mental health disorders filled in pharmacies on daily basis, pharmacists have inadequate training in mental health disorders, little knowledge of antipsychotic medicines 6,7 and are not comfortable providing pharmaceutical care services for patients with mental health disorders. 8,9 This evidence indicates an urgent need to re-evaluate the training of pharmacists in relation to mental health care.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Nigerian final year undergraduate students of the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum for mental health care

Saka

Akanbi

Eze

2020

Pharmacy Practice and Res

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Background There is growing concern about the adequacy of undergraduate curricula in schools of pharmacy worldwide regarding mental health. In Nigeria, both Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees (BPharm and PharmD, respectively) are offered, but little is known about the scope of mental health care in either curriculum. Aim This study evaluated the perceptions of final year undergraduate students regarding the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum in mental health care and their preparedness for a career in the field. Methods A pretested 33‐item questionnaire was administered to 950 (BPharm, n = 858; PharmD, n = 92) consecutively selected final year undergraduate students in the 19 accredited schools of pharmacy in Nigeria who had undergone experiential learning in teaching hospitals and community pharmacies and registered for the 2017–18 academic year. Results Most respondents (618/950; 65.1%) had no explicit learning on common mental disorders at the time of the study, and this did not differ significantly between the BPharm and PharmD respondents (p = 0.66). Most respondents (763/950; 80.3%) strongly disagreed or disagreed with the assertion that ‘the curriculum exposes students to real‐life mental health practice’. Furthermore, of the 932 that responded to the assertion that ‘pharmacy undergraduate curriculum prepares one adequately to practice mental health pharmacy’ 613 (65.8%) strongly disagreed or disagreed, with no significant difference between the PharmD and BPharm groups (p = 0.085). The respondents (460/950; 48.4%) would not specialise in mental health pharmacy, 38.0% (175/460) because they felt unprepared in terms of skills. Conclusion The respondents perceived the pharmacy curriculum as inadequate for mental health care and considered this inadequacy a hindrance towards its practice in Nigeria.

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“…A 2015 survey by McKee and colleagues highlights mood stabilizer knowledge as a deficit among pharmacists. 20 A recent study indicated that pharmacists felt less comfortable delivering patient counseling for mental-health related medications when compared with cardiac medications. 21 To increase their comfort level with psychiatric illnesses, PCMH-based pharmacists could consider shadowing psychiatric pharmacists, attending continuing education on psychiatry focused topics, or even attending psychiatry-focused meetings to stay up-to-date and informed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Provider perceptions of pharmacists providing mental health medication support in patient-centered medical homes

Coe¹,

Bostwick²,

Choe³

et al. 2019

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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Objectives-This study's objectives were to identify primary care providers' (PCP) comfort level, potential barriers to management of patients with mental health disorders, and attitudes around clinical pharmacist-provided mental health medication-related support. Methods-A 16-item, cross-sectional survey was completed by PCPs in 14 patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) at one academic medical center. Items assessed include PCPs' perceptions of the proportion of patients with a mental health condition, access to psychiatry services, confidence in mental health condition management, clinical pharmacist-provided mental health medication support, and demographics. Checklist, Likert-scaled agreement statements, and an open-ended question to assess barriers managing mental health medications were included. Descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis were used.

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A Survey of Community Pharmacists and Final-Year Student Pharmacists and their Perception of Psychotherapeutic Agents

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Impact of a Mental Illness Stigma Awareness Intervention on Pharmacy Student Attitudes and Knowledge

Impact of a Mental Illness Stigma Awareness Intervention on Pharmacy Student Attitudes and Knowledge

Perceptions of Nigerian final year undergraduate students of the adequacy of the pharmacy curriculum for mental health care

Provider perceptions of pharmacists providing mental health medication support in patient-centered medical homes

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