<< Return to CALC homepage

Working with Long Term Physical Illness & Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Forthcoming Courses

   

There are no courses currently available for booking. Please regularly check our Course Calendar for updates.

Overview

Patients with long term & medically unexplained (functional) physical symptoms present in a range of settings. Many clinical presentations are poorly explained by existing anxiety-based treatment models. This workshop will provide clinicians with specific assessment and management skills based upon the so-called five areas assessment CBT model - and focus upon a range of interventions to help the patient use experiments and structured problem solving plans to improve how they feel.

 

This course is eligible for 6 CPD hours subject to your peer group approval.

 

After you have attended this course you should be able to:

  • Describe the range of illness responses and understand these using a cognitive behavioural framework

  • Help make sense of the patients current presentation – including how to assess complex presentations such as chronic fatigue and pain

  • Identify factors that are worsening how the person feels and choose realistic targets for change

  • Use concepts such as pie charts to help patients reattribute the causes of their symptoms

  • Describe in detail a plan to increase activity levels in order to overcome avoidance and reduced activity

 

The course will be relevant to a wide range of symptoms but especially addresses unexplained neurological symptoms.

 

Registration

The course fee is £225 including course materials, refreshments and lunch.

 
 

cetc

 
 

 

 
 

Contact Us

 
 

Call

020 7977 6652/57

Email

cetc@rcpsych.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

© 2012 Royal College of Psychiatrists