Course Overview
Mental Health Awareness in the Pharmacy
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define what is meant by mental health.
- Describe the importance of mental health awareness to mental illness.
- Recognize the serious harm with stereotyping and ignoring mental illness.
- List the most prevalent mental disorders in the United States according to the National Institute of Health (NIH).
- Identify the signs and symptoms of the most common mental disorders.
- Discuss the treatment options for the most prevalent mental health disorders.
- Describe the general warning signs of declining mental health.
- Explain tools and action plans designed to help identify and approach those with diminishing mental health.
- Describe what is Mental Health First Aid.
- Identify the role of the pharmacist in Mental Health First Aid.
- Define ALGEE, the Mental Health First Aid Action Plan.
- Recognize what the pharmacy team can do in support of Mental Health.
- List the type of mental health professionals and mental facilities available for patient referral.
- List mental health organizations accessible for help.
- Discuss strategies for the management of psychotropic pharmacotherapy.
- Name the different ways a pharmacist can participate in Mental Health Awareness.
- Review the expectations for a Mental Health First Aid responder.
Fees:
No charge for NPTA CE+/Elite Members.
$15 for NPTA Insiders/Non-members.
Faculty: text
Contact Hour(s): 3.0
Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Activity Format: On-Demand Home Study
Target Audience: Certified Pharmacy Technicians
ACPE UANs: 0384-0000-23-018-H04-T
Release Date: 05/03/2021
Expiration Date: 05/03/2024
CE Credit Requirements: To receive credit for this ON-DEMAND program, participants must complete the post-test with a passing score of 70%.
Disclosures: The CE faculty, reviewers and planning committee members have all reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program. This program received no commercial support and has been peer-reviewed to ensure non-commercialization.
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