This MRCPsych eLearning module has been awarded Most popular MRCPsych eLearning module 2025/2026 at the RCPsych eLearning Awards.
To recognise and celebrate this, the module will be free to access until the 31st August 2026, for non-members and MRCPsych is always free for College members.
Medicines can have both desirable and undesirable effects and prescribing them involves weighing their risks and benefits. This module discusses some of the unwanted effects of psychiatric medications, exploring their categorisation and pharmacological underpinnings and highlighting how we can prevent as well as recognise and treat ADRs when they occur.
Availability
This module is free to access for anyone registered with the College as a resident doctor, member, affiliate, Student Associate or Foundation Doctor Associate.
For non-members it will be free until the 31st August 2026.
If you are a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, you can log in straight away using the same username and password with which you access the members' area of the College website. Otherwise, all you need to do is register with the College.
