Children and young people’s mental health in general hospital settings
Day 1 – MAUDSLEY MASTERCLASS
• Rapport building and therapeutic engagement
• History taking skills
• Identifying psychiatric symptoms
• Mental health comorbidities with chronic health conditions
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Behavioural problems
• Health behaviours and medication refusal
• Medically unexplained symptoms
• First-episode psychosis
• Risk assessment and management
Day 2 – MAUDSLEY SIMULATION
• Practicing engagement techniques
• Managing acute distress and challenging behaviours
• Assessing risk and safety planning
• Safeguarding and legal aspects
• Signposting and accessing mental health care
- Identify signs of mental health needs in children and young people presenting in health settings
- Consider the overlap between physical and mental health and wider determinants of health and wellbeing in their patients
- Develop therapeutic rapport with children and young people
- Formulate basic management plans, including signposting and referrals as appropriate
- Prevent and manage behavioural disturbance in healthcare setting for CYP presenting with a range of mental health difficulties
Course schedule
Course Leads

Group bookings
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Research
We value research and knowledge-sharing and will continue to contribute to the literature base on mental health education, addressing important research questions in this exciting field.