Physician Associates - Assessment & Mental state - North Central London ICB

Course information
Date
Course start date is passed
Locations
Online
Length and time
9:00 - 17:00
Course information
Date
Course start date is passed
Locations
Online
Length and time
9:00 - 17:00
About the course

This one-day online mental health course aims to support liaison and diversion service practitioners to refresh and develop further their skills and confidence in assessing patients with common mental disorders.

Learning objectives

By the end of this Masterclass, physician associates will:

  • Know what is required when taking a full psychiatric history
  • Know all the elements of a comprehensive psychiatric risk assessment
  • Know all of the elements of a mental state examination
  • Start to be able to describe common psychopathology using the mental state examination structure
  • Understand why someone may escalate, and know the principles of verbal de-escalation using the Calm-Relate-Manage model
  • Have an awareness of the broad groups of medication used to treat psychiatric ill health and how they may impact physical health
  • Recognise the broad principles of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, and how they may be applied


Course schedule

Target audience
Physician associates
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Group bookings

Discounted rates are available for group bookings. Please contact us for more information. Maudsley Learning has a full range of courses to meet the needs of your organisation. Most can be delivered to you flexibly and tailored to your requirements.

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Research

We value research and knowledge-sharing and will continue to contribute to the literature base on mental health education, addressing important research questions in this exciting field.