Pharmacists need more alcohol and other drug training, says expert

A report has highlighted the overlap between mental health and overdose, including from prescription medicines The Penington Institute’s Dr Karen Gelb said that its recent Annual Overdose Report showed the “comorbidity” between overdose and mental illness. “Only 58.8% of deaths involving anti-depressants were unintentional; the rest involved suicide, homicide or were of unknown intent,” Gelb