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RCPCH Annual Meeting: 14th May 2019 14:30 – 17:45

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The Paediatric Mental Health Association and the Children’s Ethics & Law Special Interests Group have joined together to host a terrific session, with presentations and posters covering ethical and mental health issues from preterm infants to adolescents, and as an unmissable highlight, a review on the latest on Deprivation of Liberty in Childhood by Mr Robert Wheeler, Director of Clinical Law and Paediatric Surgeon in Southampton. Regardless of your specialty, if you want a challenging, reflective, thought provoking session, this is the one to come to!

Programme

CHAIR:    Dr Sheila Peters, Convenor, Paediatric Mental Health Association

1430-1440    Prevalence and patterns of mental health-related paediatric hospital admissions – Miss Rebecca Bates, G240

1440-1450    Parenting Interventions for Improving and Protecting Infant Mental Health: A Systematic Review, TBC G241

1450-1500    A survey exploring attitudes, skills and willingness of paediatric trainees to manage children and young people with acute mental health presentations in secondary care, Dr Eva Wooding, G242 

1500-1510    Using the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust to increase mental health expertise in a GP setting, Dr Talia Banks, G243 

1510-1520    The first year of an integrated Children’s Emergency Psychiatric Service – an impact assessment – Dr David Henderson, G244 

1520-1545    Invited Speaker – Deprivation of liberty in childhood, Mr Robert Wheeler, Director of the Department of Clinical Law and Paediatric Surgeon, University of Southampton

1545-1615     Refreshment break, exhibition and poster viewing

CHAIR:    Dr Joe Brierley

1615-1630     Should we be resuscitating 22 weekers? A Neonatal Network Experience, Dr Shree Rasiah, G245 

1630-1645    Parents’ experience of the decision to withdraw treatment from their critically ill baby, Miss Nicola Smither, G246 

1645-1700    Role of the Deprivation of Liberty process in specialist paediatric neurorehabilitation practice, Dr A Murgan, G247 

1700-1715    The phenomenon of society’s hidden young carers, Miss Naheeda Rahman, G248 

1715-1730    Healthcare crowdfunding in the UK and Australia: benefits and ethical concerns, Dr Sarah Aylett, G249 

1730-1745    Close and future collaboration

Posters

  • Moving On: – From Pond to Sea Provision of transition services for Young People with Neuro-developmental Conditions, Dr Sarubah Patwardhan, G250(P) 
  • Quality Improvement in Training: Establishing a Paediatric-CAMHS Collaborative Learning Programme, Dr Cassie Coleman, G251(P) 
  • Improving our care of paediatric mental health patients”, Dr Ann-Marie Buckley, G252(P) 
  • An Audit of ADHD patients attending a Scottish NHS Community Child Health Clinics, Dr Michael Ogundele, G253(P) 
  • Can eating disorders in children and young people permanently affect growth and pubertal development? Dr Josephine Neale, G254(P) 
  • When can we say enough is enough? Dr D Desai, G255(P) 
  • What are the preferences for receiving additional and carrier status findings in genomics testing amongst families affected by rare conditions? Findings from the rare disease arm of the 100,000 Genomes Project, Ms Maria Kokocinska, G256(P) 
  • The Ethics of Therapy Pets on Paediatric Wards: A Rabbit Case Study, Dr Joseph Machta, G257(P) 
  • Resolution of Family-Physician Disputes In End-of-Life Care Decisions, Miss Stephanie Beresford, G258(P) 

Places available

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/events/paediatric-mental-health-association-childrens-ethics-law-special-interests

Upcoming Event

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Sexual Abuse & Mental Health: Reducing the Impact of Abuse on Mental Health – Recognising and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect

Monday 10 June 2019
De Vere West One Conference Centre, London

Following the 2018 government commitment to ensuring victims of sexual abuse will receive a lifetime of mental health care to cope with the trauma, this conference focuses on the important issue of sexual abuse and mental health; reducing the impact of abuse on mental health. The conference includes a session on Delivering effective Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for children, young people and their families who have been affected by sexual abuse.

For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/sexual-abuse-mental-health or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk 

Our 20% discount is available by quoting ref:hcuk20pmha when booking.(*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.  Full T&Cs available upon request.)

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Another Upcoming Event

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Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect

Monday 20 May 2019
De Vere West One Conference Centre, London

This conference focuses on improving the recognition, assessment and response to child abuse and neglect including implementing the NICE Quality Standard Statements on Child Abuse and Neglect, and Working Together to Safeguard Children in practice. The conference will also update delegates on national developments including the new Independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

For further information and to book your place visit 

Our 20% discount is available by quoting ref:hcuk20pmha when booking.(*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.  Full T&Cs available upon request.)

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/child-abuse-and-neglect or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

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Upcoming Event:

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Conference at RSM (Paediatrics and Child Health Section) 

Mental health / Learning together – lsp study day

16th April 2019, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

This fantastic meeting aimed at students, trainees and consultants will bring together specialists from both paediatrics and child and adolescent mental health services.

Covering a wide range of topics, including practical approaches to mental health crises and self-harm management of eating disorders, medically unexplained symptoms, and somatisation disorders and therapeutic approaches.

This will be a wonderful opportunity to network and learn together across specialties about the current management of mental health conditions in children and young people

This meeting will develop an understanding of the key priorities in child and adolescent mental health, and provide information and practical advice on diagnostic and management issues, and encourage multidisciplinary discussion and learning.

Topics include:

  • Diagnosis and management of common psychiatric disorders, including medically unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorder.
  • The current epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health.
  • The medical management of eating disorders.
  • The role of the paediatrician in an acute mental health crises and emergency department presentations of acute psychiatric illness.
  • The role of the paediatrician following self-harm and explore ways to make it meaningful and helpful for young people.
  • Overlap between mental and physical ill health and what can be done about it.

For more information visit https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/pdm12