The West Midlands British Association For Community Child Health (BACCH) summer meeting will be held on Friday July 1st, 2022.
Venue: West Bromwich Albion Football Club. The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4LF
New developments in Community Paediatrics through the pandemic
– Learning from the past, shaping the future
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Or click here to download an application form to register.
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 annual winter meeting will take place on the 27th and 28th January 2022, and will be held online via Zoom.
Target audience: Health care professionals interested in mental health.
Key aims: Education, update and discussions about current topics in children and young people’s mental health.
A booking link will be available soon, so please save the date if you are interested in attending. Below is the programme for the two-day meeting:
Thursday 27th January 2022
Symposium – Childhood Social and Emotional Development
| 09:20-09:30 | Welcome and Introduction – Dr Cassie Coleman and Dr Bo Fischer |
| 09:30-10:15 | The long-term impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children who were in-utero or born during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Dr Jane Barlow, Professor of Evidence Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation, University of Oxford. |
| 10:15-11:00 | The impact of maternal mental illness on the parent- infant relationship and implications for the developing infant. Dr Selena Gleadow-Ware, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, NHS Lothian. |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Comfort break |
| 11:15- 12:00 | On the ground – the Impact of Lockdown on Preschoolers– A Health Visitor’s Perspective. Taifa Armstrong, Health Visitor, Bucks |
| 12:00-12:45 | Safeguarding sequelae of the pandemic TBC |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-14:30 | Screen use and Development – what is the evidence? Dr Max Davie, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Lambeth. |
| 14:30- 15:00 | Adolescents- Risk, resilience and relationships – Demelza Holmes, Research in Practice (pre-recorded talk ) |
| 15:00-16:00 | Keynote lecture: Health Inequalities: Everyone’s business ” – Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists. |
Friday 28th January 2021
Symposium: The Complex Child
| 09:20- 09:30 | Welcome and Introduction – Dr Cassie Coleman and Dr Bo Fischer |
| 9:30- 10:15 | Unpicking complex cases involving ASD/attachment/trauma/parenting styles/ADHD/anxiety. Dr Nancy Bostock, Consultant Paediatrician |
| 10:15- 11.00 | Child to parent violence and abuse. Carole Baker, Whose in Charge? Programme Trainer |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Comfort break |
| 11:15- 12:00 | Trainee presentations |
| 12:00- 12:45 | LAC/Adopted Children – Misdiagnosis of Complexity Dr Matt Woolgar, Clinical Psychologist, South London & Maudsley |
| 12:45- 13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15- 14:00 | Functional abdominal pain syndromes in children Dr Kate Stein, CAMHS, Oxford. |
| 14:00- 15:00 | The Pandemic of Eating disorders – Some Case studies – TBC |
| End |
There will also be Poster Presentations from Trainee Health Professionals, including Paediatricians, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses, GPs. Full details regarding how to submit a poster presentation about research into Child Mental Health for selection will also be available soon
The schedule for the afternoon will run as follows:
12.45 Registration
12:55 Introductions
13:00 Talk 1- Eating Disorders: Dr Nasima Matine, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust
13:45 Questions
14:00 Talk 2- The long-term effects of developmental trauma on children and young people: Dr Laura Wood, Consultant Paediatrician, Research Director and Child & Family Modern Slavery Lead, Vita Training
14:45 Questions
15:00 Break
15:15 Talk 3: Acute Behavioural Disturbance: Dr Anthony Crabb, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
16:00 Questions
16:15 Talk 4: Mental Health Law: Dr Rory Conn, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Devon Partnership Trust
17:00 Questions
17:15 Close
To register, please use this link
We hope to see you there!
The webinars will run fortnightly on Monday evenings and will cover a range mental health topics relevant to the RCPCH training curriculum.
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| 5th July | 7.30-8.30 | History taking, Mental State, Examination and Formulation in General Paediatrics | Dr Megan Fisher: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
| 19th July | 7.30-8.30 | Tics and Tourette’s: A General Paediatricians Guide | Dr Emma Blake: General Paediatrician and Paediatric Mental Health ConsultantConvenor of the PMHA |
| 2nd August | 7.30-8.30 | Psychopharmacology for Paediatricians | Dr. Martynas Malkov: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
| 16th August | 7.30-8.30 | Mental Health Law | Dr Suyog Dhakras: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Mr Robert Wheeler Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon and Associate Medical Director, Department of Clinical Law |
| 3 week summer break | |||
| 6th September | 7.30-8.45 | Panel: Careers in Mental Health for Paediatricians | Dr Cassie Coleman, Dr Anna Kyle, Dr Nancy Bostock, Dr Lee Hudson, Dr Max Davie, Dr Kim Pierson, Dr Hannah Mshelbwala and Dr Katya Certic |
| 20th September | 7.30-8.30 | Organic and Non-Organic Causes of Psychosis in Childhood | Dr Hilary Lloyd: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
Following the successful Online Afternoon Talks held last year, we are pleased to announce they will take place again in the summer of 2021 on the following date:
15 July 2021, starting at 1pm, ONLINE
This meeting is aimed primarily at Paediatric Trainees and SAS Doctors with an interest in Child Mental Health. It may also be of interest to trainees in CAMHS, A&E and General Practice.
Full details of the meeting and how to apply will be announced shortly.
Watch this space!
Click here for more information.
The PMHA session is on Wednesday 16th June (15:30-18:00) and will be run jointly with Child Protection Special Interest Group. The theme is ‘The impact of COVID on child mental health and on safeguarding’
https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/rcpch-conference-2021-abstract-submission
We look forward to hosting,
and seeing as many of you as possible there!
The meeting has a great line-up of talks and presentations relating to different aspects of paediatric mental health and is an excellent way to connect with others working in this field.
Don’t miss out on this excellent annual event. If you haven’t registered yet but would like to attend either of the days, then you can still do so by clicking here.
We look forward to seeing you later this week!
A 10% discount can be requested by quoting ‘HCUK10pmha‘ when booking.
| Masterclass: Children’s Safeguarding – Learning from inquiries, serious case reviews and inspections TUESDAY, 26th JANUARY, 2021 (ONLINE) This masterclass, facilitated by Carla Thomas and Stephen Pizzey, Child and Family Training, gives an opportunity for delegates to review the findings from inquiries, serious case reviews, safeguarding practices reviews and inspections regarding multi-agency safeguarding practice and consider the implications for their agencies policies and practice. Key learning objectives include considering the history of reviews in relation to child’s death and serious harm, and how some of these led to key changes in legislation and guidance. Review thresholds and processes for serious case and child safeguarding practices reviews. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/children-safeguarding-findings or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
| Masterclass: Therapeutic work with children and young people suffering child sexual abuse and exploitation WEDNESDAY, 27th JANUARY, 2021 (ONLINE) This Masterclass programme, facilitated by Dr Arnon Bentovim and Carol Jolliffe, will help practitioners working in social care, health, education and youth justice to deliver effective therapeutic work with children subject to sexual abuse and exploitation. Practitioners in social care, health, education and youth justice who need to develop their skills in working with children and young people who have been sexually abused and exploited should attend. The programme will present an innovative approach, the development of a Common Practice Elements approach which capitalises on the knowledge embedded in evidence-based treatments identifying evidenced-based therapeutic procedures and integrates them into a Library of Modules. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/therapy-child-abuse or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
| Masterclass: Childhood Neglect: Approaches to understanding, assessment and interventions WEDNESDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, 2021 (ONLINE) This masterclass, facilitated by Carla Thomas and Carol Jolliffe, Child and Family Training, will consider the complexity of understanding, managing and modifying the impact of childhood neglect. It will support practitioners and managers in considering interventions to modify neglectful parenting and to increase children’s resilience. All practitioners, and managers, working with children and families in Health, Education, Social Care, in the Public and Voluntary sector should attend. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/childhood-neglect or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
| Masterclass: Therapeutic Interventions to Reduce the Harmful Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences FRIDAY, 12th FEBRUARY, 2021 (ONLINE) This CPD certified programme will outline the increasing evidence of the impact of Adverse Experiences of Childhood (ACEs) on the health and well-being of children and young people extending into adult life. There is a growing demand for interventions to prevent their harmful effects. Research will be reviewed about the impact of ACEs through population studies, intergenerational studies, and specific groups – self harming, mental health, and substance abuse, offending, and violent behaviour. Facilitated by Arnon Bentovim, who trained at the Maudsley Hospital/Institute of psychiatry as a Psychoanalyst, and subsequently became involved in the growing interest in the systemic/family therapy field. He helped to establish the Association and Institute of Family Therapy, and researched measures of family functioning, and clinical approaches with colleagues at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Children’s hospital. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/therapeutic-interventions-adverse-childhood-experiences or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk |
To submit an abstract:
Click here to download an abstract template
Fill it in and submit it to PMHAtrainees@gmail.com
Please spread the word to any colleagues who may have missed this.
The PMHA has a call for abstracts for poster presentations at their annual meeting – deadline for submitting an abstract is December 13th.
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