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Conference Jan 12th: Assessment and Treatment of paediatric MUS Chalder and O'Sullivan

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Take a deep, deep breath before you read this as we know which main goup of children they are targetting.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/short-courses-events/short-courses-events-publication/mus/jan-2018

Assessment and Treatment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Children: Practical Skills for Clinicians
Start: Jan 12, 2018 09:00 AM
End: Jan 12, 2018 04:50 PM

Location: ICH

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12 January 2018
The emphasis will be on practical understanding of these challenging conditions, and include skills-based workshops. International experts Professor Elena Garralda (Imperial College) and Professor Trudie Chalder (Kings College) will deliver key note lectures.

PLEASE NOTE: this conference is now fully booked; if you wish to be added to the waiting list please contact ICH Events at ich.events@ucl.ac.uk.

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Approved by the British Psychological Society for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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Topics include:
  • clinical spectrum of medically unexplained symptoms and evidence-base for intervention
  • service design and care-pathways
  • functional neurological symptoms including non-epileptic seizures
  • working across disciplines and with schools
  • case examples and treatment challenges
We are delighted that Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan the author of the winner of the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize for her book It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness is delivering the opening plenary.

Who should attend?
Clinicians from a range of disciplines (including child and adolescent mental health and paediatrics) are invited to this one day conference and workshops.
 

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  • Professor Trudie Chalder, Professor of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, King's College London, London
  • Professor Elena Garralda, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London
  • Dr Jon Goldin, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Maria Hadji-Michael, Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Professor Isobel Heyman, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Lee Hudson, Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Eve McAllister, Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Fiona McFarlane, Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Jane McNicholas, Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Andrew McWilliams, Specialist Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan, Consultant Neurologist, National Hosptial for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
  • Dr Prab Prabhakar, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Dr Daniel Stark, Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London