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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 3h

My pleasure! It was an excellent conference. #CMHP25

Thanks for inviting me and I hope we get to work together again in future.

Props to all the dedicated and hard working pharmacists and pharmacy technicians 👏🏽

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College of Mental Health Pharmacy @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app · 4h

Thank you @thementalelf.bsky.social and Andre for your work over the last 2 days making our conference accessible to more than just the people in the room. We really valued your insightful commentary on all the sessions! #cmhp25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on:

Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy.

Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse.

www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...

The National Programme on Substance Use Mortality (NPSUM) | King's College London

The NPSUM enables analysis of trends in deaths due to illicit substances or licensed medications to inform harm reduction strategy and increase patient safety.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations to the #CMHP25 poster winners

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 10h

Our first #CMHP25 keynote is Dr Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social Clinical Associate Professor at UCD & founder of Autistic Doctors International.

She will explore how autistic psychiatrists’ insights can help improve mental healthcare for autistic people. autisticdoctorsinternational.com

Autistic Doctors International

Do you identify as autistic and have a medical degree?

autisticdoctorsinternational.com

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Now Sion is now saying a few words about the @nihr.bsky.social Pharmacy Professionals Incubator, which "aims to increase the capacity of pharmacy professionals working in all sectors to become involved in healthcare research". #CMHP25 pharmacyresearchprofessionals.org.uk

Pharmacy Research Professionals

Incubator for Pharmacy Professionals Aims to increase the capacity of pharmacy professionals working in all sectors to become involved in healthcare research. The Incubator will develop and implement...

pharmacyresearchprofessionals.org.uk

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

So what's important in this work by Sion and colleagues?

People struggle to focus on 'healthy' meal decision-making

People didn't release that their behaviour was changing, e.g. doing less exercise, gaining weight

Existing advice evokes really negative responses #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Structured plans and graded tasks may help build up confidence and low self-esteem, not to get people fit, but simply to encourage the first steps towards more physical activity #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

People often have low confidence or poor self-image, so giving them something like a gym pass is unlikely to help them increase their levels of exercise #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Non-pharmacological management can take the form of these behaviour change interventions (modifiable determinants). The problem is, when we look at the research, the interventions are REALLY poorly described. #CMHP25

Things like information giving, diet, exercise etc. They don't map well to the TDF

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

So how can we address the metabolic side-effects of antipsychotics (e.g. weight gain, hypertension) using behaviour change techniques?

About half of people taking antipsychotics have these side-effects. The drugs cause physiological and behavioural changes. So we can intervene. #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Addressing capability and opportunity is important, but we can't change behaviour if we don't target motivation, says Sion #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

To change behaviour, people need to have the:

🌟 Capability
🌟 Opportunity
🌟 Motivation

We can design interventions if we understand the importance of these three things - see the TDF (Theoretical Domains Framework) #CMHP25 thecenterforimplementation.com/toolbox/what...

What Is the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)? A Framework For Implementation Science and Behavior Change

The Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) is a widely used behavior change framework that supports the identification of individual barriers and facilitators to change. Originally developed by psycholog...

thecenterforimplementation.com

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

MRC framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
#CMHP25

A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance

The UK Medical Research Council’s widely used guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the Medical Research Council an...

doi.org

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Changing human behaviour is difficult, says Sion.

We can use behaviour change theory to identify barriers that stop people from being healthy & work out how to help them.

NICE now have guidance on behaviour change that "is a really good read" according to Sion #CMHP25
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph49

Overview | Behaviour change: individual approaches | Guidance | NICE

www.nice.org.uk

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

Sion is going to give us a general overview on behavioural science, and then speak specifically about antipsychotic side-effects and how we can use behavioural science techniques to address them #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 9h

I'm reporting live from #CMHP25 where our next speaker is Dr Sion Scott from the University of East Anglia who is giving the PRUK Research Award talk:

The role of behavioural science in addressing the side effects of mental health medicines.

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning everyone and welcome back to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool for Day 2 of #CMHP25!

Yesterday brought powerful insights on lived experience, menopause, and climate distress.

Today we turn to autism, medicines misuse, and mental-health transformation. 🧵

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a wrap on Day 1 of #CMHP25 at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool.

Powerful sessions from Colette Lane on embedding lived experience at the heart of transformation, plus keynotes from Anita Solanki on menopause and Marc Williams on climate distress. 🧵

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College of Mental Health Pharmacy @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app · 13h

Fabulous to be with you all at the CMHP conference. After a packed day one, there is plenty to look forward to on day 2 #CMHP25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 1d

Our next keynote talk at #CMHP25 is from Dr Marc Williams @clinpsy-marc.bsky.social who is going to explore:

Climate Distress, Coping, and the Role of Professionals in a Rapidly Warming World.

A timely reminder that climate change is a mental health issue as well as an environmental one.

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 1d

Next up live at #CMHP25 we have Anita Solanki, Clinical Pharmacist and Menopause Specialist.

Menopause and Mental Health:
The Pharmacy Perspective.

I really hope she encourages more pharmacists and other clinicians to bring hormones into mental health conversations. It's about time!

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College of Mental Health Pharmacy @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app · 1d

So inspired by Colette Lane, Professional Lead for Lived Experience at Surrey and Borders Partnership. How as pharmacy professionals can we bring lived experience expertise into our service development programmes and everything we do to really make things better for the people we care for? #cmhp25

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College of Mental Health Pharmacy @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app · 1d

Career progression pathways for people with lived experience being developed to work as peer workers is a huge step forward for MH services. ‘Lived experience should never be seen as an add on’ #cmhp25

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the #CMHP25 Memorial Lecture given by Colette Lane, Professional Lead for Lived Experience Development at Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, who is going to talk about Embedding Lived Experience at the Heart of Transformation.

Colette is joining live via Zoom.

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