DAY TWO: BEYOND THE PANDEMIC – The lessons and challenges ahead

45 minutes

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID

in children and young people- update and practical tips

Dr Terry Segal

Consultant in General Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University College London Hospitals

  • Common presentations and investigations
  • On the path to recovery – setbacks/relapses
  • CBT – anxiety or low mood or difficulty with change
  • Long COVID - diagnosis and management

45 minutes

Parent and child mental health

Dr Nicola Cosgrave

Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director, London Infant Family Team, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • What is the relationship (e.g. during the pandemic)
  • Child maltreatment, neurodevelopment and mental health
  • Interventions for families experiencing major challenges
  • Prevention strategies

45 minutes

Ethnicity and mental health inequalities

Dr Alice Debelle

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  • Lessons from the pandemic
  • Barriers to accessing mental health care
  • Ethnic differences in psychiatric diagnoses
  • Risk of suicide in children from ethnic minorities

45 minutes

Digital Psychiatry - new opportunities

Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa

Senior Lecturer, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine,
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London

  • New technology in mental health care
  • Telehealth to monitor mental health and deliver care
  • Electronic health records, electronic prescription, sensors, smartphone apps, robots, etc
  • Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

45 minutes

Education and Mental Health

Dr Jackie Phillips-Owen

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Lead for School Innovations at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • The interaction between education and mental health
  • Non-attendance and risk of self-harm and suicidal ideation
  • The impact of mental health problems on school attainment
  • The need for an effective link between schools and mental health services

45 minutes

Working in collaboration with social care

Dr Jenny Taylor

Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Director – Clinical Practice, LB of Southwark Children’s Social Care, London

  • Child in need
  • Child protection plan
  • The looked after child
  • Any foreseeable changes in relevant legislation

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