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Why you have a key role in monitoring antidepressant use
For mental health nurses, reconciling safety, effectiveness, tolerability and patient choice when it comes to medicines is an integral skill and a complex one. The prescription of psychotropic medications remains high and antidepressants are now one of the most prescribed drug groups nationally. Nurses have a clear role in medicines management, but this can be challenging in terms of managing risk, as well as promoting choice and recovery.