How is mental health care provided through community pharmacies? A quest for improvement.

Catarina Samorinha Ward Saidawi Basema Saddik Abduelmula R AbduelkaremKarem H AlzoubiEman Abu-Gharbieh Hamzah Tareq Alzubaidi

Published in: Pharmacy practice (2022)

UAE community pharmacists performed basic dispensing practices and reported discomfort during encounters with patients with mental illness. Training on patient-centered communication skills and psychiatric therapeutics is needed to improve pharmacist-delivered services, alongside increased collaboration with other providers and services.

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