Petrina is Associate director of Pharmacy at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust where she manages The Maudsley Psychiatric Medicines Advice Service. She is a mental health pharmacist. Her current clinical caseload involves work on an inpatient adolescent unit plus working as an independent prescriber in an ADHD clinic. Petrina has worked on a specialist care unit where older adults were treated who had severe challenging behaviours due to dementia or a mental illness. For over 20 years she worked as a Mental Health Act Reviewer for the Care Quality Commission and previously for the former Mental Health Act Commission. Petrina has also worked in the past as a pharmacist for HM Prison Service. Petrina is a Honorary Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. She has authored clinical papers in peer reviewed journals on subjects ranging from reasons for clozapine discontinuation to as required medication for severely mentally ill people. She is a contributor to The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry.

Petrina is married with adult children and cares for a son with severe learning disability and autism.

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"This course was exceptional and I will be recommending this to other practitioners. I canlisten to Petrina all day. What a passionate knowledgeable professional. So many great'take aways' that I can tangibly employ in practice. Thank you"

"Really insightful course, gave me clarity on when someone is being chemically restrained. Would recommend the course

"Well presented and detailed, with clear expertise in the area"

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