Winter meeting
British Paediatric Mental Health Group
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Annual Winter Meeting
HIGHGATE January 24th & 25th 2013
Highgate House, Creaton, Northampton, NN6 8NN
Thursday 24th January – “Hot topics in Paediatric Mental Health”
10:30 am – 4:00 pm
“Taking the Psycho out of Psychosomatic” – Using Solution Focused Therapy with Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Dr Deborah Christie
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Honorary Reader in Paediatric and Adolescent Psychology, UCH, London
Eating Disorders Update including Junior MARSIPAN
Dr Lee Hudson
Consultant Paediatrician St Mary’s Hospital
Paediatrician to Feeding and Eating Disorders team, GOSH
LUNCH
Mental Health and the Media
James Blake
Director, Centre for Media and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University.
Freelance Reporter Channel 4 News
Including interactive session – bring media cases!
5:00pm “Otto Wolffe Memorial Lecture”
Mental Health and the Law
Dr Suyog Dhakras
Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Child Psychiatry, Southampton
7:30pm THE ANNUAL BPMHG DINNER
Baronial Hall, Highgate House – all attendees welcome!
OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION:
Highgate House – Set in 26 acres of idyllic Northamptonshire countryside:
Highgate is an excellent conference setting, and has extensive leisure facilities – including swimming pool, fitness suite, sauna, tennis court and croquet lawn!
Friday 25th January -
8:30 – 9:15 BPMHG AGM – including confirmation of name change to:
PMHA – UK (Paediatric Mental Health Association – UK)
9:30 – 10:30 Training in Paediatric Mental Health
Dr Nicola Herberholz, Bo Fischer (Paediatric Mental Health GRID trainees) and Huntingdon group
“Neuropsychiatry Symposium”
11:00 – 12:00 Morning Plenary – Neuropsychiatric Overlap
Prof Peter White
Professor of Psychological Medicine at Barts,
London School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Consultant in Psychiatry.
Lead investigator of PACE trial (CFS/ME)
12:00 – 13:00 Neuropsychiatric Immunology
Dr Anthony Crabb & Southampton Paediatric Neurology team
Consultant in Paediatric Liaison Psychiatry
Southampton
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Workshops: (1 hour each)
i) Mindfulness –
Dr Nischint Warikoo (CAMHS SpR Southampton)
ii) Family Bereavement –
Dr Jacqui Stedmon, Associate Professor, Psychology, Plymouth
16:00 – 16:15
Closing coffee and cakes!!!
Certificates and Evaluations
How to apply:
By Cheque: Download Highgate 2013 – Prices and application form
Bursaries:
We have a very limited number of bursaries available at half-price for professionals who do not have access to a study leave budget. Please apply to emmavblake@yahoo.co.uk stating your professional position
