The next PMHA webinar will take place on Monday 21st February at 7.30pm. The topic of this webinar is ‘Functional Neurological Disorders ’ and it will be delivered by Dr Matthew Butler, academic Neuropsychiatrist at King’s College London
To book a place at the webinar, please click here.
Please sign up using your professional email address (@nhs.net or nhs.uk) and we will contact you when your registration has been approved.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
It’s not too late to book!
To view the programme, click here.
The online meeting is a great opportunity to network with other professionals working in paediatrics and mental health, and to update yourself on the latest research and developments in the field.
If you have not already booked for the meeting, there is still time to do so. Members of the PMHA can attend at a special discounted price.
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We have just updated the programme for the PMHA Annual Winter Meeting 2022 (January 27th and 28th), adding more great speakers and sessions to the line up.
To view the updated programme, click here.
The online meeting is a great opportunity to network with other professionals working in paediatrics and mental health, and to update yourself on the latest research and developments in the field.
If you have not already booked for the meeting, there is still time to do so. Members of the PMHA can attend at a special discounted price.
Click here for more information and to register.
Happy new year to all our subscribers!
The first PMHA webinar of the year will take place on Monday 10th January at 7.30pm. The topic of this webinar is ‘Self Injurious Behaviour’ and it will be presented by Dr Caroline Richards, Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
To book a place at the webinar, click here.
Please sign up using your professional email address (@nhs.net or nhs.uk) and we will contact you when your registration has been approved.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The final PMHA webinar of this year will take place on Monday 13th December at 19:30. The topic of this webinar is ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ and will be presented by Dr David Vickers, Consultant Community Paediatrician and Medial Director of Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Foundation Trust
To book a place at the webinar,
Please sign up using your professional email address (@nhs.net or nhs.uk) and we will contact you when your registration has been approved.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
This ONLINE meeting will be held on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th January, 2022, on Zoom
Please go to The PMHA Meetings to see the programme, full details and a link to book to attend
Members of the PMHA will be able to book with a discount.
If you are not already a Member, but would like to receive this discount, please go to Join the PMHA and sign up. Only £25 a year.
We look forward to seeing you in January!
The Paediatric Mental Health Association invites trainees in Paediatrics, Psychiatry, General Practice, and Emergency Medicine to submit abstracts for our Annual Winter Meeting.
The meeting, taking place virtually on the 27th and 28th January 2022, attracts speakers and delegates from a wide range of specialties to discuss the latest research and updates in Child Mental Health.
This year’s meeting will feature a trainee-led virtual poster session in which trainees can present their audits, research, or quality improvement projects. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your work in the area of child mental health and to share best practice with interested professionals from around the country. Three abstracts will also be selected for oral presentation on Day Two of the meeting (28th January).
To submit an abstract, please click here to get an abstract template, fill it out, and then submit it by email to PMHAtrainees@gmail.com.
Please submit your abstracts to us by December 13th at the latest.
Your abstract will be reviewed by members of the PMHA Executive Committee and you will be notified of acceptance by the 20th of December.
The PMHA’s next webinar, on the topic of “Pain in Severe Neurodisability”, will be held on Monday 15th November at 7.30pm.
This webinar will be delivered by Dr. Timothy Warlow, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care in Southampton.
To book a place at the webinar, click here
Please sign up using your professional email address (@nhs.net or nhs.uk) and we will contact you when your registration has been approved.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
15th November, 9.45am-3.45pm, ONLINE via Zoom
The theme this year is “mental health and wellbeing”
Confirmed speakers include the Rees Centre, the South East Clinical Networks Mental health project, the charity “Climbing Out,” and “The Green Light Trust”.
Book now to take advantage of the earlybird discount. There is an opportunity for members to share practice in the brief share slots (to replace poster presentations).
For further information or to book, click here
The next in the PMHA’s series of webinars will take place on Monday 20th September 19:30 (Online). The topic of this webinar is ‘Organic and Non-Organic Causes of Psychosis in Childhood.
The webinar will be presented by Dr Hilary Lloyd, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Salford Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
Booking is available here.
Further webinars are being planned for October and November. Details will be available soon.
You may also be interested in the following events from Healthcare Conferences UK: They are pleased to offer a 20% discount with code “hcuk20pmha“
| Improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2021, Online We are pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Conference to focus on improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Angelina Jalonen Head of Therapeutic Services The Refugee Council will give a national update which will look at supporting refugees through the hardship and isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and focus sessions will cover; multi-tiered and comprehensive MHPSS Systems & Psychological First Aid, working with refugees to improve mental health, and best practice examples of specialist clinical interventions. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/improving-mental-health-support-for-asylum-seekers-and-refugees or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
| Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults: Delivering a Strengths-Based Approach WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2021, Online We are pleased to announce National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, transitional safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding. Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice including supporting adolescents and young adults through and beyond COVID-19, and developing a strengths based approach to adolescent safeguarding. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/safeguarding-adolescents-and-young-adults or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
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