title: Exploring an increased role for Australian community pharmacy in mental health professional service delivery: evaluation of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Australian general practitioners primarily treat mental health problems by prescribing medication dispensed by community pharmacists. Pharmacists therefore have regular interactions with mental health consumers and carers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This narrative review explored the potential role of community pharmacy in mental health services.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medline, CINAHL, ProQuest, Emerald, PsycINFO, Science Direct, PubMed, Web of Knowledge and IPA were utilised. The Cochrane Library as well as grey literature and "lay" search engines such as GoogleScholar were also searched.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four systematic reviews and ten community pharmacy randomised controlled trials were identified. Various relevant reviews outlining the impact of community pharmacy based disease state or medicines management services were also identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  International studies involving professional service interventions for mental health consumers could be contextualised for the Australian setting. Australian studies of pharmacy professional services for chronic physical health conditions provided further guidance for the expansion of community pharmacy mental health professional services.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health Sciences , Curtin University , Bentley , Perth , Australia.
authors.forename: H Laetitia
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Hattingh
authors.affiliation: b School of Management, Business School, Massey University , Auckland , New Zealand.|c School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scahill
authors.affiliation: d Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University , Brisbane , Australia , and.
authors.forename: Jane L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.affiliation: d Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University , Brisbane , Australia , and.|e Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences , University of Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wheeler
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010594:Pharmacies; D010595:Pharmacists; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
keywords: adherence; community pharmacy; intervention; medication management; mental health; professional service