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A pharmacy-controlled lithium clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mary E. Courtney ,
Janine A. Acomb  and
Veronica Lovatt
Mary E. Courtney*
Affiliation:
Roundhay Wing, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF
Janine A. Acomb
Affiliation:
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, West Yorkshire
Veronica Lovatt
Affiliation:
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, West Yorkshire
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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A pharmacy-run lithium clinic was set up In a district general hospital in order to save medical staff time, utilise pharmacist skills and provide an efficient lithium monitoring service. After one year the clinic was evaluated in terms of the control of serum lithium levels, the acceptability of the arrangements to the patients and the patients' knowledge of and attitude towards lithium therapy. We suggest this model of a lithium clinic could be usefully adopted In other psychiatric departments.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 15 - 17
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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