Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

El-Den, Sarira; Collins, J.S.H.; Chen, Timothy; O’Reilly, Claire

doi:10.18549/pharmpract.2021.3.2545

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“…The potential exists for an expanded practice of health professionals to enable pathology tests, ultrasounds etc., to be done at a time and location that is more suitable to the patient [ 42 ]. Screening for psychological conditions such as depression and the appropriate referral and treatment of such could be a way to address this barrier and support the patient both mentally and physically, with a multidisciplinary approach, including pharmacists, suggested as a potential way to address these barriers [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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“…Pharmacist involvement with patients around fertility advice, medication management, psychological screening, and cultural safety could alleviate some of the stress and distress associated with ART [ 36 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. Accessibility of pharmacists is high, and the profession is well situated to address, identify, and educate patients on the topic of infertility and the services available and to support patients throughout their journey, especially regarding medications [ 34 , 36 , 41 , 45 ].…”

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Inequity of Access: Scoping the Barriers to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

2023

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Infertility impacts millions of people of reproductive age worldwide, with approximately 10–15% of couples affected. When infertility is present, there are many potential barriers to treatment, leading to inequity of access. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are the mainstay of medical treatment for infertility and include procedures such as in vitro fertilisation. This scoping review aims to explore the barriers to accessing assisted reproductive technologies to highlight a potential role for the pharmacist in addressing these barriers. Five databases, including CINAHL, Emcare, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science, were searched using keywords that resulted in 19 studies that explored barriers to initially accessing or continuing ART. Studies identified more than one barrier to accessing ART, with the most mentioned barrier being the geographic location of the patient, with others themed as psychological, financial, minority groups, educational level, and the age of the patient. Recommendations were made to address barriers to accessing ART, which included changes to government regulations to increase health education and promotion of infertility. Pharmacists' accessibility, even in geographically remote locations, places them in an ideal position to address many of the challenges experienced by people accessing infertility treatment to improve outcomes for these people.

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Inequity of Access: Scoping the Barriers to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

2023

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“…Hersberger KE and his colleagues mainly concentrate on medication safety, and concerned the pharmacogenetics in pharmaceutical care, which has been applied to assess the risk of medication use to better guide individualized drug administration and safe drug use in recent years (24)(25)(26)(27). Krass I and Chen TF were more focused on the importance of pharmacists' roles in pharmaceutical care and recognized it has core effects (28)(29)(30)(31).…”

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A bibliometric analysis of global trends in the research field of pharmaceutical care over the past 20 years

Wang

Rao

Yin

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Front. Public Health

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Pharmaceutical care is essential in building up the basics of public health and clinical care. A comprehensive understanding of global status in the field of pharmaceutical care is necessary for directing its research frontiers and future trends. Therefore, this study aims to make a bibliometric analysis to track the development of pharmaceutical care research worldwide during the past two decades. The publications regarding pharmaceutical care were culled from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Countries, institutions, authors, journals, references, and keywords in this field were visually analyzed by using VOSviewer (version 1.6.17) and CiteSpace (Version 5.8.R3). As a result, 3,597 publications (3,177 articles and 420 reviews) were obtained. The annual yields grew more than three times in the past two decades, from 54 records in 2002 to 379 papers in 2021. The United States played the leading role in this research from multiple aspects, including publication (n = 1,208), citations (n = 28,759), funding agencies, and collaboration worldwide. The University of Sydney in Australia was the most contributed institution with the greatest number of publications (n = 112) in pharmaceutical care research. Hersberger KE from the University of Basel was the most productive author (n = 40). Chen TF from the University of Sydney was the author who owed the highest H-index of 19 and most citations (n = 1,501). They both significantly impacted this field. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy produced the most publications, while Pharmacotherapy had the highest IF (IF2020 = 4.705) in this field. Clusters networks of co-cited references and keywords suggested that clinical pharmacy is an essential theme in pharmaceutical care. Terms of medication safety and critical care recognized by burst analysis of keywords also hint at the recent attention on clinical pharmacy. The present bibliometrics analysis may provide a comprehensive overview and valuable reference for future researchers and practitioners in the research field of pharmaceutical care.

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“…In 2021, incentives for community pharmacies in England were provided if their patient-facing staff completed Zero Suicide Alliance training [ 14 ]. To support these enhanced roles, pharmacy education in mental health must grow [ 7 ].…”

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“…In their recent review, El-den et al [7] reconfirmed that pharmacists have a valuable role in mental health care, but more work is needed to evidence both clinical impact on patient's care and economic outcomes such as cost-effectiveness from a health service perspective. Selected examples of community pharmacy based mental health services, in different stages of development worldwide include: the government-funded Bloom Program in Nova Scotia, Canada, [8][9][10] PharMIbridge trial in Australia [11] and the feasibility pilot of AMPLIPHY in Greater Manchester, UK [12].…”

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Mental health: “it is a subject where most pharmacists [or pharmacy] students have no more knowledge than the general public”

Gorton

Strawbridge

Macfarlane

2023

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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Background Mental health is a global health priority, and pharmacists have a valuable role in improving outcomes in all sectors of practice. This study sought to explore pharmacy students’ views on teaching and learning of mental health and future practice. Methods An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed to pharmacy students in the UK and Ireland in February 2020 via the Qualtrics™ platform and 232 students responded. The questionnaire was originally intended to explore the provision of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaching and the quantitative analysis has been previously reported. Students were invited to comment on their views about MHFA. The open-ended question: ‘Do you have any other comments about mental health teaching and learning in the MPharm degree?’ was also included. The rich free-text data were analysed, and themes identified. Results Three major themes were identified: (i) Mental Health is important; (ii) Pharmacist roles and (iii) So, Teach me. A fourth theme, Stigma, crosscut all the themes. Conclusions Pharmacy students appreciate the importance of mental health care. The majority recognise the role of the pharmacist in providing person-centred care and the potential to enhance this role. Students are keen to learn more, and acquire the confidence and skills to contribute in the future. They would like an integrated approach and have more opportunities to learn from patients. Addressing stigma is an important consideration for educators.

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Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

Cited by 23 publications

References 44 publications

Inequity of Access: Scoping the Barriers to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Inequity of Access: Scoping the Barriers to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

A bibliometric analysis of global trends in the research field of pharmaceutical care over the past 20 years

Mental health: “it is a subject where most pharmacists [or pharmacy] students have no more knowledge than the general public”

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