GP Mental Health Skills Masterclass

Date
26 Oct 2024
09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Cost
Free
Available to
General Practitioners
Continuing Professional Development

CPD Accredited Event

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Event Location
Rendezvous Hotel
328 Flinders Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
Mental health

Psych Scene is bringing the much awaited, complimentary GP Mental Health Skills Masterclass to Melbourne on Saturday 26 October. This event is an MHST Primary Pathway Activity and accredited by the RACGP for 8 CPD hours for the 2023-25 Triennium

  • Enhance your ability to diagnose and treat mental disorders efficiently
  • Perform risk assessments and outline key steps in management of risk in primary care.
  • Identify and recognise common presentations of mental illness in primary care.
  • Identify presentations that should be referred for specialist care.
  • Reproduce diagnostic criteria for depression, psychosis, anxiety and substance use disorders.
  • Formulate patient presentations in a biopsychosocial model.
  • Distinguish between Axis I and Axis II (personality disorders).
  • Write a mental health care plan.
  • Implement a devised mental health care plan.
  • Discuss choice of appropriate medication for common mental disorders.
  • Explain common mental illnesses to families and carers.
  • Take part in Interactive Case-Based Discussions to consolidate your knowledge
  • Earn 8 CPD hours 

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