As valued, trusted members of the community, pharmacists are at the frontlines of primary health care and thus regularly interact with individuals that have a diagnosed mental illness, not yet diagnosed mental illness, or less severe symptoms not meeting a diagnosis.
While pharmacy school curriculums and continuing education programs typically cover the clinical management of diagnosed conditions, students and practicing pharmacists are often not exposed how to screen, provide brief supportive intervention, and/or offer referral to further management of mental health symptoms.
If pharmacy staff were equipped with such knowledge and skills, they may be able to facilitate a significant population of individuals struggling with mental health symptoms to get needed attention to effectively manage their symptoms.
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