Contrasting community pharmacists’ self image in relation to patients with psychiatric and with cardiovascular disorders
G Hagmair, G Kaiser, M Amering, H Katschnig · Psychiatrische Praxis · 2011 · Heft 04
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Background/Objectives: Pharmacies are an important component of the primary health care system. Patients suffering from psychological problems contact them either to get advice or to fill in prescriptions for psychotropic medication. The number of prescriptions of psychotropic drugs has been constantly rising over the last two decades. However, little is known about what pharmacists think about their role in relation to patients with psychiatric disorders and the prescription of psychotropic drugs, and how their attitudes influence their work. The present study sets out to explore Austrian pharmacists’ self imag…