About the Event:
Please note this course has NOT been designed for health/social care staff. Places are limited and free places are only being offered to families or informal carers that are non health/social care professionals.
If you are (also) a health or social care professional- please speak to your employer to request this training or view our range of courses designed for professionals.
We are hosting a new free course for families and informal carers of people about Medicines Used in Mental Health.
The three hour training session aims to give family members, and those involved in supporting a loved one, basic information about the medicines commonly used to treat mental illnesses.
The course will cover information on the use and side effects of:
· Antipsychotics
· Antidepressants
· Mood stabilisers
· Hypnotics
Guidance around the use of covert administration of medicines will be discussed. Attendees will be able to ask questions about the medicines they are interested in.
About the trainer
Petrina is Associate Director of Pharmacy at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust where she manages The Maudsley Psychiatric Medicines Advice Service. She is a mental health pharmacist. Her current clinical caseload involves work on an inpatient adolescent unit plus working as an independent prescriber in an ADHD clinic. Petrina has worked on a specialist care unit where older adults were treated who had severe challenging behaviours due to dementia or a mental illness. For over 20 years she worked as a Mental Health Act Reviewer for the Care Quality Commission and previously for the former Mental Health Act Commission. Petrina has also worked in the past as a pharmacist for HM Prison Service. Petrina is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. She has authored clinical papers in peer reviewed journals on subjects ranging from reasons for clozapine discontinuation to as required medication for severely mentally ill people. She is a contributor to The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry.
Petrina is married with adult children and cares for a son with severe learning disability and autism.
The group size will be limited so that those attending can ask questions about their own circumstances in an informal setting and in confidence (Edge sessions are not recorded).
Booking
To request your place, please complete the booking enquiry form below.
