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Youth mental health issues: An overview of early psychosis, ADHD and Complex PTSD/Borderline Personality Disorder

Tuesday, December 5 2023
6:00PM - 9:00PM (ACDT)
Upnext
313 Payneham Road, Royston Park South Australia 5070
or
Online
via Zoom
Free

Recommended For

GPs, Allied Health Professionals, Nurses & Mental Health Service Providers in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area.

About

The majority of mental health problems arise in young people under 25 years of age. Youth mental health is a vital area to address in our community, not only to relieve suffering, but to prevent harmful consequences. This interactive session will explore key mental health problems that can emerge in young people. The nature of early psychosis, ADHD and Complex PTSD/Borderline Personality Disorder will be outlined, and case discussion will lead to greater understanding of how to distinguish these disorders. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experience and have their questions addressed

Learning Outcomes

Describe the nature and identification of psychosis in adolescents
Demonstrate an understanding of the assessment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
Distinguish between Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex PTSD.

Sessions

Workshop
6:30PM - 9:00PM (ACDT)
Registration and dinner on arrival
6:00PM - 6:30PM (ACDT)

Speakers

Ms Tayla Reynolds
Lived Experience Practitioner
Headspace
Ms Ella Symonds
Senior MATT Clinician
Headspace
Mr Simeon Jones
Senior Psychologist
Headspace
Ms Pheobe Ellis
Senior Clinician
Headspace
A/Prof Oliver Schubert
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist - Clinical Associate Professor
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network

A cancellation fee of $44 will be charged via invoice for non-attendance at this event. To notify us of your inability to attend, please email events@ampheat.com.au by no later than 3 full business days prior to the event.  If your cancellation is inside 3 business days and unavoidable, please ensure you contact the event manager to discuss whether this fee can be waived for your circumstance.

 

Non-attendance means you have registered and not notified us of your inability to attend at least 3 full working days prior to the event. 

 

Why do we charge this fee?

This fee is to cover administration, catering, venue and speaker costs.

 

Your notification of your inability to attend enables us to provide courtesy notification to speakers who are giving of their valuable time of a drop in attendance numbers. It may also enable us to give someone on a wait list your seat at the event. If we are notified in time to reduce catering numbers with a venue and not be charged, funding can be put towards future education events enabling us to offer more topics. Very low attendance numbers notified with enough notice may also enable us to re-schedule the event to a future date. For these reasons, please let us know with as much notice as possible if you cannot attend.

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Dr Rosanne Skalicky

Rural Generalist in Critical Care, Royal Flying Doctors SA

Dr Skalicky (often referred to as ‘Dr Rose’), is a senior Emergency Physician with extensive national and international experience. Having worked as an emergency physician in Tasmania, Queensland, and South Australia (RAH), Dr Rose headed overseas in 2009. With a passion for equitable access to healthcare and international development in EM, Dr Rose has spent the last decade working overseas in a fulltime capacity – remote NW Tanzania and most recently in Myanmar. In Myanmar, Dr Rose worked under the Ministry of Health developing acute emergency services and training nationally, which included a full-time teaching and clinical load. Having returned to Australia in early 2021 Dr Rose is currently employed by the RFDS as a Rural Generalist in Critical Care, working primarily out of Port Augusta.

Dr Roses’ professional interests include:

·Improving equity in health access
·Health care development of EM in low-middle income countries
·Capacity building of Health staff

When not at work Dr Rose enjoys caring for her family, reading, craft, and obviously seeing new places, and engaging with people from different cultures.