This website aims to provide consumers, carers, families and staff of Alfred Health with resources and information about psychotropic medicines, which are used to treat mental illnesses. 

Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH) recognises the importance of partnering with consumers in decisions about medications and ensuring that consumers, their carers and families have access to reliable and easy to understand information. 

AMAH has subscribed to Choice and Medication© with the goal of meeting changing consumer information needs, encouraging the active involvement of consumers in their own care, and facilitating shared decision-making. The resources and leaflets are available in a range of languages, font sizes, language proficiency and literacy levels to meet the needs of different consumers. 

The information should be viewed as a tool to support staff, consumers and carers in achieving safe and effective medicines management. Accurate and independent information about medicines helps facilitate discussion between consumers, their carers, families, doctors and other clinicians. 

The resources do not replace approved consumer medicines information leaflets, but can be used in conjunction with these to promote high-quality patient care. 

For further information:
The Psychotropic Drug Advisory Service (PDAS) is a statewide specialist service based at Alfred Health providing independent information on psychiatric medicines and other psychoactive substances to a broad customer base, including consultant psychiatrists, general practitioners, allied health professionals, consumers, carers, and other support organisations. PDAS can be contacted via email or telephone:

Service hours: 9am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) 
Phone: (03) 9076 8036 | PDAS mobile: 0417 536 655
Email: PDAS@alfred.org.au

Clinicians should also consider the availability of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and on the Alfred Health Medicines Formulary on DrugNet.

For feedback or questions:
To provide feedback about this site or about the medication information provided, please fill out the online user survey provided in the subsequent webpages. This information is shared with Choice and Medication to facilitate continuous improvement of the information provided.

Alternatively, feedback or questions can be directed to the contact below:
Viandro Borja
Lead Pharmacist – Alfred Mental and Addiction Health