191585 - Supporting Adolescents with Mental Health Concerns
Adolescent mental and emotional health issues can include depression, self-harm, grief and loss, eating disorders, suicidality – just to name a few. This session will assist GPs to identify a variety of mental health problems in adolescence, identify potential causal factors contributing to mental health concerns and adapt cognitive and behavioural strategies.
Relevance to General PracticeProviding mental health services in primary healthcare involves diagnosing and treating people with mental disorders; putting in place strategies to prevent mental disorders and ensuring that primary health care workers are able to apply key psychosocial and behavioural science skills, for example, interviewing, counselling and interpersonal skills, in their day to day work in order to improve overall health outcomes in primary healthcare.
Learning outcomesD1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship
D2. Applied professional knowledge and skills
D3. Population health and the context of general practice
D4. Professional and ethical role
D5. Organisational and legal dimensions
Curriculum Contextual Units- Children and young people health
- Psychological health
Adelaide PHN
This activity is also available on these dates10/06/2020
Venue 
313, Level 1, 313 Payneham Road, Royston Park
12/05/2020
Marion Hotel, 849 Marion Road, Mitchell Park
08/04/2020
Rydges, 1 South Terrace, Adelaide
Accepts: 
