DAY ONE

60 minutes

Cardiovascular Issues

Dr Daniel Bromage

Consultant Cardiologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, King’s College Hospital, London

  • Identifying problems on the ECG
  • Psychotropic medication and the heart
  • Chest pain – when to take it further?
  • Sudden death syndromes
  • Problems with clozapine
  • Management of common side effects of psychiatric medications

60 minutes

Perinatal Health

Dr Bo Kim Tang

Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mental illness related to childbearing
  • Management of pregnant women with mental health problems
  • Psychotropic medication in pregnancy and lactation
  • NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health
  • Perinatal mental health services

60 minutes

Neurology: Deciding When to Refer

Dr Graziella Quattrocchi

Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square, and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

  • The 5-minute neuro exam
  • When to ask for neuroimaging – clinical investigations
  • What to know about: Epilepsy, Dementia, Parkinson’s
  • Potential pitfalls
  • Antipsychotic drugs and seizures

60 minutes

The Link: Infections and Mental Health

Dr Matthew Butler

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • Inflammation and the Brain
  • Inflammation and pathogenesis of mental health disorders
  • Associations between particular infections and neuropsychiatric presentations
  • Links between systemic inflammation and mental illness,
  • Recent research findings in this area

60 minutes

Understanding the ECG

Dr Antonio Cannata

Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital, London

  • The cardiology behind the ECG and what the Psychiatrist needs to know
  • Understanding automatic reporting
  • Identifying problems, normal/abnormal ECG and common errors to avoid
  • Clinical symptoms to look for and key clinical questions to ask the patient
  • What the psychiatrist should not miss and preliminary investigation before referring

60 minutes

Catatonia: posturing and pitfalls

Dr Jonathan Rogers

Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellow, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, Specialty Registrar in General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • Why catatonia remains important in current psychiatric practice
  • How to identify the medical and neurological disorders that may underlie catatonia
  • Conducting a lorazepam challenge
  • Treatment with high-dose benzodiazepines and electroconvulsive therapy

DAY TWO

60 minutes

Hepatology

Dr Mary Cannon

Consultant Hepatologist, King's College Hospital, London

  • Hep B, Hep C
  • Abnormal LFT’s – what do they mean?
  • Anti-depressants and liver disease
  • Liver transplants – pointers for psychiatric assessment
  • Paracetamol
  • Management of common side effects of psychiatric medications

60 minutes

Neuroimaging in Psychiatry

Dr Dermot Mallon

Consultant Neuroradiologist at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

  • Modalities avalable, CT, MRI, etc.
  • What images to order and when?
  • Excluding neurological causes – is it psychiatric or neurological?
  • Tumours, dementia, and other detectable conditions
  • Understanding the report, MRI sequences & their usefulness

60 minutes

Update on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Dr Gabriella Fine

ST in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Barts Health NHS Trust. 

  • PMT – managing the effects
  • Menstrual cycle – effects on mental illness
  • Update on HRT and Menopause
  • Medical treatment for sexual dysfunction (e.g. loss of libido, dyspareunia)
  • Any Covid issues?

60 minutes

Endocrinology

Dr Alison Wren

Consultant Endocrinologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital,  London

  • Link between diabetes and schizophrenia including the role of antipsychotic medications
  • Management of diabetes and cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness
  • A pragmatic approach to managing diabetes and CVD in SMI
  • Management of common side effects of psychiatric medications

60 minutes

MDU – Some of the Key Topics

Dr Sally Old

Medico-Legal Adviser, Medical Defence Union

  • Coroners’ Inquiries
  • Confidentiality/disclosure of information to third parties
  • Providing statements
  • Remote consulting and assessment

35 minutes

Respiratory Disease in the Psychiatrist Patient

Dr Pasupathy Sivasothy

Consultant Respiratory Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

  • COPD
  • Asthma
  • Sleep disorders
  • Pneumonia
  • Long-Covid
  • Tobacco addiction
  • Certain drugs addictions