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Mental health

Open up conversations and support people with mental health issues.

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Mental health

Stress & insomnia

Nearly half of Britons say they are experiencing increased levels of anxiety in the aftermath of the EU referendum

18 Aug 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Mental health

Update: Most antidepressants ineffective in young people

Antidepressants do not seem to offer a clear advantage for children and adolescents, according to the Lancet

27 Jul 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Hitting a low

Pharmacy teams are feeling stressed, dissatisfied and morale is plummeting. So what can be done?

12 Jul 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Mental health

Mental capacity: part two

The second article in our latest CPPE series looking at mental capacity.

20 Jun 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Mental health

Benzodiazepines could significantly increase flu risk

Benzodiazepines may increase mortality more than 20-fold in people with influenza-like illness, new research finds

13 Jun 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Breaking point

While a little stress and anxiety is normal, excessive or prolonged symptoms can push a person beyond their limits.

26 May 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Men's health

Reaching out

Men’s Health Week presents pharmacies with the opportunity to offer support and advice to men who otherwise might suffer in silence.

25 May 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Mental health

Scenario: Schizophrenia

Pharmacist Parveen is talking to Ginny Wexford, a customer whose son has recently been diagnosed as schizophrenic

19 May 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Focus on CPPE's e-courses

CPPE will be running three live e-courses this year.

19 May 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

CPPE: Caring for patients who might lack mental capacity

CPPE is running a workshop on caring for patients who might lack the capacity to make decisions about their medicines

19 Apr 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Men's health

A man's world

Why is a man's life expectancy four years less than a woman's and how can pharmacy help change this health inequality?

29 Mar 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Mental health

It's not all in the mind

Despite mental illness being so common and awareness levels increasing, there is a damaging taboo surrounding the issue.

29 Mar 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Mental health

Under pressure

Childhood and the teenage years are a time of emotional and physical changes, what is being done to support their mental health?

23 Mar 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Mental health

Child health

This team training learning module focuses on the mental health of young people.

23 Mar 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Asthma & COPD

COPD link to anxiety highlighted

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can experience generalised anxiety disorder

22 Mar 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Child & teenage health

One in ten young people will experience a mental health problem due to the pressures that come with being a teenager

19 Jan 2016 , 4 Min Article

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