Credits
This website is provided for you by Choice and Medication (C&M). Read more about the the site authors.
The website is the result of a multi-sector partnership project involving a range of organisations and key people within them listed below:
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton High Road, Norwich NR6 5BE
Main reception tel: 01603-421421
Main reception fax: 01603-421440
Email: info@nwmhp.nhs.uk
Web: www.nmhct.nhs.uk
With special thanks to Stephen Bazire, Pharmacy Services Director, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy
United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group (UKPPG)
Web: www.ukppg.org.uk
Chairman: Ian Maidment
Committee: members contact page
National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE)
part of the Care services Improvement Partnership.
Address: Room 8E44, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE
Telephone: 0113 2545127
Email: ask@csip.org.uk
Web: www.nimhe.csip.org.uk
With special thanks to Ian McPherson, Director NIMHE.
Pharmaceutical Schizophrenia Initiative (PSI)
An Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) affiliated group
With special thanks to Mick Collins and Maureen Ng.
We have also consulted with many bodies including:
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Address: 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG.
Tel: 020 7235 2351
Fax: 020 7245 1231
Email: rcpsych@rcpsych.ac.uk
Web: www.rcpsych.ac.uk
The British Association for Psychopharmacology
Address: 36 Cambridge Place, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1NS, UK
Tel: 01223 358 395
Executive Officer: Mrs Susan Chandler (susan@bap.org.uk)
Web: www.bap.org.uk
Information sources
The bulk of information related directly to medications is provided by the pharmacy deprtment based at Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (www.nmhct.nhs.uk). We are indebted to the work of Stephen Bazire, Pharmacy Services Director, in gathering and authoring this information.
Information on medication here is based on published data. Sources include:
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the UK British National Formulary (BNF, published by the British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain)
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Martindale (the extra pharmacopoea, published by RPSGB Pharmaceutical Press)
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Psychotropic Drug Directory (latest edition)
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Data Sheet Compendium (UK Manufacturers Data Sheets, published by the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry)
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MicroMedex (an independent and extensive CD-ROM based drug information source)
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UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group leaflets, and
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Royal College of Psychiatrists advice and guidelines and the current medical literature.
