This workshop provides a dedicated focus on the mental health and psychiatric presentations first recognised in childhood and adolescence. The internal world of a young person in this modern world
It considers complex behaviours associated with self harm and self injury, the effects of social media on young people and considers a number of modern-day challenges to the minds and lives of young people. This is a flexible event and can be bespoke-designed to meet your organisation’s needs.
Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorder as identified in both ICD-11 and DSM 5 is the key feature of this training event. The following presentations are explored through the diagnostic criteria, the behavioural symptoms and functional and social consequences. From this perspective, the training considers the common indicators of anxiety-related disorders, mood disorders, emerging psychosis, eating disorder presentations, emotional / interpersonal difficulties, developmental disorder and ADHD-related presentations.
The training is a mix of knowledge and conversational practice – carefully designed to equip your team with a range of extremely useful ideas, skills and interventions.
