Therapeutics for Mental Health (Postgraduate Pharmacy CPD)
Key Details
- Module Cost
- £590
- Credits
- 10 Credits
- Further Information
- pha.nqp@uea.ac.uk
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Module Overview / Introduction
Students taking this module will be able to plan for the safe and effective pharmaceutical management of the care of patients with acute mental health disorders or mental health-related comorbidities alongside physical illness, in presentations relevant to their place of practice. There is a focus on patient-centred, evidenced based care as well as pragmatic considerations, all underpinned by the relevant medicolegal frameworks.
Student feedback:
"I found the session interesting and really appreciated that the facilitator took the time to answer all of my questions and it was especially interesting to get perspectives from primary care and MH hospital perspective as this gave me more joined up thinking."
Course Dates
Application Deadline: 20/01/2026
Course Start Date:
Face to Face Study Day Harlow Study Centre 05/03/2026
Formative Assessment 13/04/2026
Summative Assessment 01/06/2026
Learning Outcomes
- Define the following mental health disorders: depression, anxiety, delirium and dementia
- Apply simple assessment tools to determine the severity of presentation
- Explore medico-legal and medico-ethical concepts of capacity, consent, covert administration, enforced treatment and deprivation of liberty (DoL) safeguards
- Apply the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 appropriately and proportionately when providing pharmaceutical care
- Design pharmacotherapeutic regimes to manage acute presentations of the mental health disorders above, combining an evidence-based approach with individual needs
- Lead on the safe, effective and judicious use of pharmacotherapeutics including monitoring, dose adjustments and recognition of ADRs
- Provide patient with information and support regarding the pharmacotherapeutics above
- Explore and provide MDT support for non-pharmacological interventions
Teaching & Assessment
Module Delivery:
eLearning Package (approximately 10 hours)
Face to Face study day
Formative and Summative Assessment
Study Days
The study day for this module is face to face and delivered at our sites in Harlow (Essex) and Norwich.
Assessment:
This module is assessed by a Case Based Discussion and is structured on a Pharmaceutical Care Plan based on a patient from the Pharmacists own practice. The assessment in 12 minutes, online via MS Teams.
Funding
NHS England-funded places are available for pharmacists delivering NHS services within the East of England. This includes those working in NHS hospitals, GP practices serving NHS patients, and community pharmacies dispensing NHS prescriptions.
For those outside the East of England or working for non-NHS service providers, self-funded or employer-funded places are available at a cost of £590 per module. In the event you are funded by your employer, full invoicing details and a financial purchase order will be required to confirm your place.
How to Apply / Disclaimer
If you are applying to undertake your first CPD module with the University of East Anglia you will need to complete the course application form via the Apply link
You will also need to complete the Postgraduate Pharmacy Module selection form
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.
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