Quality sources
The bulk of information related directly to medications is provided by the pharmacy department 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 high quality published data. Sources include:
- the UK British National Formulary (BNF, published by the British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain)
- Martindale (the extra pharmacopoea, published by RPSGB Pharmaceutical Press)
- Psychotropic Drug Directory (latest edition)
- Data Sheet Compendium (UK Manufacturers Data Sheets, published by the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry)
- MicroMedex (an independent and extensive CD-ROM based drug information source)
- College of Mental Health Pharmacy leaflets, and
- Royal College of Psychiatrists advice and guidelines and the current medical literature.