Join us for this online event which will focus on how primary care can offer good care and support for people with mental health difficulties. We know that the prevalence of mental health problems has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst there is increasing pressure on services. Our experienced speakers will provide evidence-based information tailored to the needs of primary care clinicians. All our speakers will use cases to illustrate the range of mental health difficulties presented to primary care. We will consider  depression, psychosis, eating disorders, and perinatal mental health difficulties. We will also discuss the role of primary care and the range of solutions beyond NHS Talking Therapies. By the end of this event, you will be better equipped to identify and meet the mental health needs of your patients and manage the increasing demands on primary care services.

All live One Day Essentials conferences (ODEs) are free and available exclusively to RCGP members. Check your diary, register to attend, or if you can’t make it access the content on REWIND. You can catch up on all the recordings and presentation slides for up to nine months afterwards, and you can register at any point during this time.

 

Note: We endeavour to upload content as quickly as possible after the conference; this typically takes up to two weeks.

Learning objectives:

  • To be aware of the importance of maintaining our own mental health and wellbeing as practitioners in order to support our patients and team effectively – and to take action.
  • To be able to distinguish distress from depression; to understand principles of managing people with depression and anxiety in primary care and to be aware of NHS Taking Therapies and community organisations to support management.
  • To understand how to diagnose and manage people with OCD in primary care, and when to refer to specialist care.
  • To understand the role of the primary care team in the monitoring and management of the physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI).
  • To be able to support and manage people with complex emotional needs in primary care.
  • To understand how puerperal psychosis can present and the need for specialist input.

Topics include:

  • Practitioner health: caring for yourself so you can care for your patients
  • Managing people with eating disorders
  • Perinatal psychosis
  • Management of people with psychosis in primary care
  • Trauma informed care (TIC) and people with complex emotional and relational needs (CERN); an introduction for GPs
  • Management of people with anxiety and depression
  • Management of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Conference Chair:

Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham OBE MRCGP, General Practitioner and Professor of General Practice Research, Keele University School of Medicine