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. 2013 Aug 12;77(6):120.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe776120.

A depression training session with consumer educators to reduce stigmatizing views and improve pharmacists' depression care attitudes and practices

Sophie Liekens  1 , Tim Smits, Gert Laekeman, Veerle Foulon
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A depression training session with consumer educators to reduce stigmatizing views and improve pharmacists' depression care attitudes and practices

Sophie Liekens et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objective: To measure the impact of a depression training day for pharmacists that included a 75-minute session with a consumer educator.

Design: The training day included interactive lectures on depression; the effects and side effects of and indications for the use of antidepressants; adherence issues; non-drug treatment options for depression; and basic skills in communication. Pharmacists also participated in a session with a consumer educator and in counseling exercises that included role playing.

Assessment: The study used a randomized, clustered, comparative design to measure pharmacists' stigma, attitudes, and current practice related to the provision of pharmaceutical care to people with depression. Mean scores for depression-care practice after the training session were significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group. Analysis of the changes between baseline and postintervention measures in both the control and intervention groups confirmed a significant difference in the change in both social distance and practice but no significant difference in the change in attitude between the 2 groups of pharmacists.

Conclusion: A continuing-education depression training day for pharmacists that involve consumer educators may improve the care delivered in the community pharmacy to people with depression.

Keywords: attitude; community pharmacy; consumer educator; depression; pharmaceutical care; stigma.

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