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Defining Psychiatry

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This five-day series of courses for psychiatrists examines the latest research on the prevention and treatment of various mental health conditions, concluding with a Q&A session.

Experts from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neurosciences will lead the course and answer questions.

Among the topics will be the better management of sleep disorders in patients with serious mental illness and latest updates on substance abuse.

Course programme

Topics include:

Management of difficult-to-treat psychosis (Drs Fiona Gaughran, Suki Shergill)
Sleep medicine update for psychiatrists
Latest updates on substance misuse and dependence (including alcohol and tobacco dependence)
New and emerging treatments in psychiatry (including triple chronotherapy, behavioural activation, and nutritional approaches for difficult-to-treat depression)
Latest research into using psychedelics for the treatment of psychiatric disorders
Treatment resistant depression and bipolar disorder
Management of patients with difficult-to-treat mood disorders
Advanced pharmacological treatment for mood disorders: ketamine and esketamine.

Learning objectives

After taking this course, you will be able to:

Describe the latest research on a range of specialist topics in psychiatry
Identify evidence-based approaches for management of complex psychiatric conditions
Optimise management of sleep disorders in patients, including those with serious mental illness

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26/07/2021 09:00-17:00

8 hours

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27/07/2021 09:00-17:00

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28/07/2021 09:00-17:00

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29/07/2021 09:00-17:00

8 hours

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30/07/2021 09:00-17:00

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Course speakers:

Prof Sukhi S. Shergill

Professor of Psychiatry and Systems Neuroscience

A multilingual MD/PhD, Sukhi is a Professor of Psychiatry and Systems Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London and a Psychiatrist

Dr Emily Finch

Facilitator, Clinical Director & Addictions operational directorate

Dr Finch is the Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Clinical Director with responsibility for Addiction services across Lambeth, Bexley, Greenwich and Wandsworth. She is currently ...

Dr Nicky Kalk

Facilitator, Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist & Honorary Clinical Lecturer

Dr Kalk has ten years’ experience in addictions research and continues to be research active in various areas relating to substance and behavioural addiction, and associated psychiatric c...

Dr Nicholas Meyer

Consultant in Psychiatry and Behavioural Sleep Medicine

Nicholas Meyer MRCPsych is MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), London

Prof.Fiona Gaughran

Professor of Physical Health and Clinical Therapeutics

Lead Consultant Psychiatrist, National Psychosis Service and Director of Research and Development, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Dr David Veale

Consultant Psychiatrist

David Veale is a Consultant Psychiatrist and leads a national outpatient and residential unit service for people with severe treatment refractory OCD, BDD anxiety disorders.

Professor Allan Young

Chair of Mood Disorders & Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders

Prof Young holds the Chair of Mood Disorders at King’s College London where he is also Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders.

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Defining Psychiatry

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