Whilst medicines can be highly beneficial in metal health, it is also important to understand that they can have side effects and can interact with other drugs and substances.
The Mental Health Medication e-Learning covers the importance of medicines management in mental health, including descriptions of the main types of mental health medication, how they work, their benefits, side effects and any potential serious adverse effects. The module also explains the legal classifications of medicines and the controlled drugs schedules.
The module also covers which medications carry a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm and the factors which make high risk medicines dangerous, common errors associated with their use and approaches which help to mitigate these errors.