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Site Helps Wales Make Informed Decisions on Mental Health Medication

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Tue, 27/11/2012 - 08:12

Medication is one form of treatment which can help relieve some of the symptoms of mental illness and there's a new website to answer all your questions about these different types of drugs.

The free Mental Health and Medication Wales website has been created to help patients, carers and professionals across Wales make informed decisions about mental health conditions, treatments and medications.

The site is a source of accurate, simple and helpful information to help improve your understanding of mental illness and improve diagnosis, treatment and support for those affected.

The site is split up into a variety of helpful sections which answer all your important questions about different types of medication explaining their different side effects and interactions with other medication, food and drink.

You can search for information about medication by category and by name and the site also contains sections about how to get the best out of your GP as well as a comprehensive library containing printable leaflets on a long list of mental health medications.

All its contents are independent and quality assured and written by specialist pharmacists, based on the best-available evidence.

Access to the site has been provided by National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and Bipolar Education Programme Cymru and is endorsed by The College of Mental Health Pharmacy.

For further information please visit the Mental Health and Medication Wales site. Alternatively, for further links to other helpful mental health organisations and helplines across Wales please visit our Helplines and Links section.

Mental Health News Sources from Around the Web

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Mon, 26/11/2012 - 08:59

One of our aims is to promote primary mental health care and services across Wales by providing you with news about what's going on in the world of mental health.

Each week we'll do our best to highlight the latest mental health news stories which we come across but if you want to try and find them yourself then the following news websites are a good place to start:

In the meantime, if you've got any mental health news which you'd like to share - please feel free to email anything updates you have to us at lhills@rcgp.org.uk.

Alternatively, if you have any questions about WaMH in PC and our work within primary mental health care please contact us on 029 2050 4516.

Videos Help Explain Part 1 of The Mental Health Measure

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Fri, 23/11/2012 - 09:53

We recently released a series of videos to explain the implications of the Part 1 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure for primary care staff across Wales.

The videos are just one part of our Part 1 - Downloadable Resource which has been created to help GPs and their teams understand this new legislation is going to change mental health services across Wales.

We urge you to spend a minutes of your time watching each of our short films which are all available from our Part 1- Videos section and via on our WaMHinPC YouTube Channel.

If you have trouble viewing YouTube videos in your work place you can also view or download the video below via the following link Part 1: Short Google Link.

If you encounter any problems viewing any of our videos or want to find out more about Part 1 of the Measure please contact us via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.