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3rd Medical Update for
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
 A unique, practical Course with Lectures and Discussion Forums
on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 September 2011, at the
Woburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ

 

Course Chair

Dr Angela Mijovic, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

 

About this Course

  • Aimed at Consultants, Registrars and Staff Grades working in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  • A practical focus on the management of difficult medical disorders relevant to Psychiatric practice – what you won’t find in the textbooks.

  • An excellent Faculty of leading consultants with a proven track record in the dissemination of medical know-how to front-line Psychiatrists.

  • Eight Discussion Forums for detailed, practical discussion of grey cases in Psychiatric practice, in the clinic or on the wards, involving the medical specialities addressed in the lectures earlier in the day.

  • Submit your own real grey cases for discussion in the Forums.

Faculty of specialists and psychiatrists includes:

  • Professor Frank Besag, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust

  • Dr James Gnanapragasam,
    Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist,
    Southampton General Hospital

  • Dr Janet Barter, Consultant in Sexual and
    Reproductive Health, Enfield PCT

  • Dr Ruth Williams, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina Children's Hospital, London

  • Dr Paul Robinson, Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders, Russell Unit, St Ann’s Eating Disorders Service, London

  • Dr Evangeline Wassmer, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital

  • Dr Jon Goldin, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

  • Dr Mima Simic,
    Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
    Maudsley Hospital, London

  • Dr Nicola Bridges, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

  • Dr Claire Macaulay, Medico Legal Advisor, MDU Services Limited

  • Ms Avril Missen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Paediatrics,
    Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath

Lectures and Discussion forums:

The General Physical Examination - Practical Aspects
Dr Evangeline Wassmer, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital

  • Establishing a clear base-line

  • Identifying the common syndromes, e.g. fragile X, marfan syndrome, klinefelter syndrome

  • Assessing for autism and ADHD

  • Blood pressure guidelines – expected, normal

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Evangeline Wassmer
 

Cardiology
Dr James Gnanapragasam, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Southampton General Hospital

  • Cardiac effect of psychiatric medications

  • Sudden cardiac death in children

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Angela Mijovic, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, with Dr James Gnanapragasam
 

Neurology
Dr Ruth Williams, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina Children's Hospital, London

  • The practical neurological examination

  • Epilepsy and first seizure

  • Chronic and migraine headaches

  • Impact of psychiatric medications

Discussion forum facilitated by Prof Frank Besag, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust, with Dr Ruth Williams
 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
Ms Avril Missen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Paediatrics,
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath

  • A quick view of the NICE guidelines

  • Presentation, symptoms, blood tests prior to diagnosis

  • Procedures to prognosis – setbacks/relapses

  • CBT – anxiety or low mood or difficulty with change

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Jon Goldin, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, with Ms Avril Missen
 

Endocrinology
Dr Nicola Bridges, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

  • Stunted growth and stimulants – endocrinologist’s point of view

  • Monitoring, management and medication – thyroid dysfunction mimicking psychiatric disorders, obesity

  • Fasting hyperglycaemia/abnormal GTT/weight gain in children and adolescents on neuroleptics

  • Monitoring the diabetic patient

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Angela Mijovic, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, with Dr Nicola Bridges
 

The Medical Aspects of Eating Disorders
Dr Paul Robinson, Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders,
Russell Unit, St Ann’s Eating Disorders Service, London

  • Anorexia

  • Bulimia nervosa

  • Binge eating disorder

  • Key investigations and practical medical management

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Mima Simic, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
Maudsley Hospital, London, with Dr Paul Robinson
 

Update on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Dr Janet Barter, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Enfield PCT

  • Teenage pregnancy – terotagenecity, pharmacokinetic, and disorders

  • Stimulants during pregnancy

  • Abortions – consent, mental and legal issues

  • Menstrual cycle – effects on mental illness

  • STDs – risk management, common and uncommon manifestations, where to send them next

  • Issues on HIV and psychiatric patients

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Janet Barter
 

Medico Legal Update
Dr Claire Macaulay, Medico Legal Advisor, MDU Services Limited

  • Consent

  • Confidentiality, data protection, Caldicott guidelines

  • Parental responsibility

  • End of life issues

  • Rights of the child

Discussion forum facilitated by Dr Claire Macaulay

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