South West Division Biannual Meetings

 

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Forthcoming Meetings


  • Spring Biannual Meeting - 'Psychiatry at a time of war'
    Friday, 14th May 2010 at St Cuthbert's Conference Centre,
    Buckfastleigh
    Speakers to include:

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    Simon Weston OBE, Falklands Veteran

    Professor Ian Palmer

    Professor Neil Greenberg

    Dr Walter Busuttil

    Dr James Thompson           

    Dr Derek Summerfield

    Professor C Brewin

    Please click on the link below to access the application form:

    Programme and application form 

  • Autumn Biannual Meeting - 'Managing mood - from cradle to grave'
    Friday, 12th November 2010 - Bristol - venue to be confirmed

    Leaflets will be circulated during September


Previous Meetings

 

Autumn Biannual Meeting
Friday, 27th November 2009 at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel
'On the frontier - doing psychiatry in unfamiliar settings'
We returned to the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel for the autumn meeting.  This was, yet again, another stimulating day with excellent speakers in the morning and after lunch, followed by workshops.  Feedback from the meeting said it was 'inspiring'.

Presentations will be available to download shortly

Talks

  • Mental health among ethnic minority groups in the UK: Vulnerability and resilience
    Professor Stephen Stansfeld
  • Working with asylum seekers
    Dr Damian Taylor and Dr Susanne Wille
  • Community Mental Health Teams in prisons
    Professor David Mumford and Paula May
  • Therapeutic community based approaches
    Nick Benefield

 

Workshops

  • Engaging your migrant communities
    Dr Christopher Fear and Simon Thompson
  • Court assessment and referral service: How it works in practice
    Paula May, Lynn Emslie and Anita Gukhool
  • Working with older adults from ethnic minority groups
    Dr Anish Patel and Phoebe Whishaw
  • Treating sick doctors
    Dr Paul Aylard
  • Prisons and Learning Disabilities
    Dr Shamim Dinani and Wendy Goodman
  • Fabricated or induced illness in a child by a carer: Possible roles for the psychiatrist?  Presentation not available
    Dr Christopher Bools

 

Summer Conference

19th June 2009, Redwood Lodge Hotel, Bristol

'Yes we can! Improving mental health services in the south west'

This was a stimulating and thought provoking day, with excellent speakers in the morning and a choice of workshops in the afternoon.

 

You can download the presentations by clicking on the title.

 

Talks

 

Workshops

  • Stakeholder engagement
    Paddy Cooney and Ms Diane Bardsley
  • Developing the roles of psychiatrists
    Professor Dinesh Bhugra
  • Developing clinical leaders
    Louise Buckle
  • Turning round a dysfunctional team
    Dr Guy Undrill and Nathan Gregory
  • Changing Services through Risk Management
    Dr Peter Aitken, Dr Helen Smith and Iain Tulley
  • Outcome measures: driving service provision
    Dr Martin Elphick

 

Spring Biannual Meeting 2009
27th March 2009, St Cuthbert's Conference Centre, Buckfastleigh
Suicide and deliberate self harm: Local and current developments
We returned yet again to Buckfastleigh for this year's Spring meeting.  It was
a thought provoking day, with excellent speakers followed by workshops. 

 

You can download the PowerPoint presentations by clicking on the title.  Additional presentations will be added in due course.

 

Talks

 

Workshops

  • Talking about self harm from the lived and carer perspective
    Mrs Elaine Hewis
  • Is there life after death? What relevance to suicide?
    Dr Andrew Clark
  • Role of media in suicide
    Paul Kelly
  • Identifying and overcoming barriers to help-seeking
    Dr Christabel Owens
  • Nurse led self harm assessment in the District General Hospital
    Paul Chrichard and Mandy Haddock

 

 

 

 



 

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