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Facing new challenges: treating depression in the community setting – The Australian Pharmacy Council
DURATION
PROFESSION
Physician
# OF CREDITS
4
ACCREDITATION
EXPIRY DATE
2016-04-11
Learning objectives
By the end of this session participants should be better able to:
- Recognise opportunities to help improve medication adherence in patients with depressive disorders.
- Describe reasons for non-adherence, including intentional and non-intentional non-adherence and how pharmacists can influence patient behaviour.
- Describe the common challenges affecting patient adherence and persistence with psychotropic medications.
- Identify drug-drug interactions and advise on management or appropriate changes to pharmacotherapy.
- Explain prescribing requirements for special populations: older persons, patients with multiple morbidities, extensive and poor metabolisers.