Support Material: Others

PLEASE NOTE: The following documents have been donated by teams who are willing to share their experiences, expertise and knowledge. Please be aware that a considerable amount of time and effort has gone into the production of these documents and if you are planning to use them within your own organisation they should be referenced appropriately within your individual Trust Policies or Procedures. This is particularly important where the documents are copyright under intellectual copyright. If you are planning to use these documents in developing and producing work for any national or international organisation e.g. CSIP, NICE, National Prescribing Centre, Department of Health NIMHE etc. the author and/or organisation must be contacted to obtain their permission prior to use and where permission is given the correct attribution must be given.

Report on the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Pharmacy Workforce Survey, May 2006, carried out by Denise Taylor, Senior Teaching Fellow and Dr. Jane Sutton, Research Associate, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath (there are two sections: the main document and the appendices)
"SIADH – an Adverse Effect of SSRI antidepressants", review article donated by Orla Macdonald (4.07)
"Antidepressants and hyponatremia", a review article donated by Mark Payne (4.07)
Guidelines for the management of antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinaemia, with introduction, relative risks, management and algorithm or guideline, from Caroline Parker, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Central and North West London MH NHS Trust (2.04)
Use of zuclopenthixol acetate (Acuphase) in the community (received October 2000)
Guidelines for the management of aggressive patients, from Dumfries (donated by Wendy Edwards, 6.01)
High-dose antipsychotic policy, with guidelines, responsibilities and monitoring sheet. From Dumfries (donated by Wendy Edwards, 6.01)
High-dose antipsychotic policy, with guidelines, responsibilities and monitoring sheet. From Leicestershire Partnership Trust (donated by Zeibun Patel, 9.07)
Protocol for the supervised administration of medication within a pharmacy department, prepared, with legal advice from the Trust's solicitors, in response to a request from a CMHT who wnted to discharge a patient into the community who needed close supervision with taking his medication. He lived nearby, but was unwilling to come to our day hospital to be supervised. However, he was willing to attend pharmacy. This supervision of medication administration worked successfully for some 6 months until no longer necessary, following transfer to an assertive community team. (John Woolven, 3.01)
The administration of medication in food or drink to people unable to give consent to or refuse treatment administered in this way, a protocol donated by Christine Hastie, May 2001.
Initial guidelines for the introduction of Risperdal Consta, risperidone long-acting injection, from one Trust (not in any way definitive, just a first attempt), also available as a Word file (October 2002)
Guidelines on the use of Risperdal Consta (long-acting risperidone injection) from South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health NHS Trust (donated by Lynn Haygarth, May 2004)
Another set of guidelines for the introduction of Risperdal Consta, risperidone long-acting injection, from another Trust (not in any way definitive either) (November 2002)
Consta guideline from Avon, donated by Graham Parton (Jan 2006)
Consta guideline from Leicestershire, donated by Zeibun Patel (Jan 2007)
Atypical antipsychotic monitoring (as a Word file) or as an Acrobat file, a suggested list of parameters you might want to monitor when prescribing atypicals e.g. lipids, glucose, LFTs, weight, BMI, cardiac function, prolactin etc (donated by Caroline Parker, Chelsea and Westminster)
Medication Related Health Needs of People With Learning Disabilities (PLD) - suggested monitoring for people on long-term medication, with monitoring for anticonvulsants, atypicals and mood stabilisers, donated by the Miriam Wilcher from South Birmingham PCT (7.03)
Medication and nutrition, with a list of appetite and nutritional effects of drugs (psychotropics and general) with suggestions on what to do and how to recognise the effects. Marvellous stuff donated by the Miriam Wilcher from South Birmingham PCT (7.03)
South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health NHS Trust Antipsychotics in clinical practice: Guidelines for safe and effective use in adults with schizophrenia (donated by Lynn Haygarth, May 2004)
South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health NHS Trust statement on Valproate Semisodium (Depakote): and it's role in treatment (donated by Lynn Haygarth, May 2004)
Guidelines on the use of escitalopram (Cipralex) from South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health NHS Trust (donated by Lynn Haygarth, May 2004)
Quetiapine initiation advice and chart (donated by Ian Maidment, April 2002)
Monitoring drugs:
- Valproate - what to monitor and when (donated by Jules Sutherland, Mental Health Pharmacist, Southdowns Health, May 2002)
- Lithium - what to monitor and when (donated by Jules Sutherland, Mental Health Pharmacist, Southdowns Health, May 2002)
- Carbamazepine - what to monitor and when (donated by Jules Sutherland, Mental Health Pharmacist, Southdowns Health, May 2002)