London Paediatric Mental Health
Update for the Paediatrician
Course for Consultant General and Community Paediatricians
on Tuesday 17 April 2012 at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health,
5-11 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8SH

Approved by the RCPCH for 6 CPD Points

Course fee:
£295 (inc. VAT @ 20%)

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Course Director

• Dr Avril Washington, Consultant Paediatrician – Paediatric Mental Health, Homerton University Hospital, London, former Convenor of British Paediatric Mental Health Group

Course Faculty

• Dr Margaret Murphy, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

• Dr Damian Wood, Consultant Paediatrician, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

• Dr Angela Mijovic, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Mental Health Trust

• Dr Daphne Keen, Consultant in Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George's Hospital, London

• Dr Uttom Chowdhury, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Bedfordshire, and Hon Consultant, Social Communication Disorders Clinic, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

About the Conference

Mental health problems both recognised and unrecognised, affect many of the patients seen in community, general and specialist paediatric clinics.
This course presents Consultant Paediatricians (General and Community), Associate Specialists and other senior Paediatricians, with an up to date overview on mental health conditions including practical advice on how to recognise them and manage children and adolescents who present to Paediatric services.
 

The Course focus:

• Update on mental health conditions that present to and may be managed by the Consultant Paediatrician

  • Keeping within your competencies: psychiatric illness, acute mental health presentations and referrals

  • Recognition, assessment and initial management

• Update on psychiatric and psychological issues associated with long-term medical conditions managed by the Consultant Paediatrician

• Update side effects of some medications

• Clarity about the role of the Paediatrician

• Update on the relevant NICE guidelines

Course Programme

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