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When: Tuesday 15 August 2023 What time: 7:15 PM-8:30 PM (AEST) Where: Online – join via your computer Cost: Free Aim: This webinar aims to explore practice skills that nurture the developing parent-child relationship and address the practical and emotional transitions of parenting. Learning Outcomes: Discuss assessment strategies that are responsive to the family’s psychosocial context and the developing parent-child relationship. Outline how to engage reflectively with parents to notice, describe and respond to their infants and toddlers’ communication cues, emotional experiences, and caregiving needs. Discuss how integrating interdisciplinary perspectives within assessment practices can support the parent-child relationship. Our interdisciplinary panel of experts includes: Sarah...

Are you a mental health practitioner looking to explore the latest advancements in trauma-informed care?  Register for the first webinar in MHPN’s new series focusing on trauma-informed care. These webinars aim to explore the latest advancements, therapies and approaches in trauma-informed care, equipping practitioners with valuable insights to navigate the complexities of this approach in everyday practice.  Attend this webinar to learn: The latest innovations in trauma-informed practices in health and their role in providing long-term sustainability in healthcare and education systems. Innovative approaches to trauma-informed care from around the world. Strategies to sustainably integrate trauma-informed care into daily practice.  Webinar Description Register...

This webinar will discuss how health professionals can identify, assess, diagnose, and evaluate treatment therapies for people experiencing panic disorder.  Panel Katie Dobinson (she/her), Clinical Psychologist, NSW Dr. Catherine Eltringham, GP, Vic Dr. John Lam-Po-Tang, Psychiatrist, NSW Facilitator: Stephen Trumble, General Practitioner Learning outcomes •    Identify comorbidities and the biological and environmental factors that increase the risk of developing panic disorder. •    Discuss how to identify, assess and diagnose panic disorder. •    Evaluate therapeutic approaches suitable for treatment of panic disorder. •    Discuss the importance of collaboration and appropriate referrals when providing care to people living with panic disorder.  Date...

This webinar will discuss how health professionals can identify, assess, diagnose, and evaluate treatment therapies for people experiencing panic disorder. Panel: Katie Dobinson (she/her), Clinical Psychologist, NSW Dr. Catherine Eltringham, GP, Vic Dr. John Lam-Po-Tang, Psychiatrist, NSW Facilitator: Stephen Trumble, General Practitioner    Learning outcomes • Identify comorbidities and the biological and environmental factors that increase the risk of developing panic disorder. • Discuss how to identify, assess, and diagnose panic disorder. • Evaluate therapeutic approaches suitable for treatment of panic disorder. • Discuss the importance of collaboration and appropriate referrals when providing care to people living with panic disorder....

Join our session host Professor Mark Creamer and the esteemed panel to see how they respond in real-time to an unfolding case scenario that evolves both rapidly and dramatically. 7 – 8.30 pm AEDTTuesday 21 NovemberNo cost to attend this special MHPN event. The scenario: The Robinsons are a family characterised by volatile interpersonal relationships and underlying mental health and personality issues. ​ Following a particularly bad argument, at home between parents Jim and Jodie, the situation spirals out of control. In a few short hours, the health professionals who work with the Robinson family will be drawn into a...

When: Monday 11 December 2023 What time: 7:15 PM-8:30 PM (AEDT) Where: Online -  join via your computer Cost: Free Aim: This webinar aims to support participants to develop a wholistic understanding of ADHD and highlight primary health strategies that support effectively working with children who exhibit ADHD behaviours. Learning Outcomes: Apply a whole child framework to understand a child's presentation of ADHD symptoms. Discuss how to best collaborate with schools and other services to assist children with ADHD behaviours. Outline primary health strategies that can support families with their child's behaviour, attention and relational needs. Our interdisciplinary panel of experts includes: Amanda Peters...

Attend this webinar to enhance your ability to support people with chronic pain to participate in work that benefits their health and wellbeing.  The panel will discuss the case study of a person who is experiencing chronic pain navigating the workplace. Meet the Panel Dr Irina Hollington specialises in pain medicine with interests in chronic pelvic, abdominal and perianal pain conditions affecting women and men. Catherine Ketsimur is an Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Pain Physiotherapist with extensive musculoskeletal physiotherapy experience. Professor Michael Nicholas is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Pain Education and Pain Management Programs at the Pain Management Research Institute, University of...

People with complex mental health needs rarely move seamlessly between primary care, hospital and community settings, and often benefit from a range of clinical, practical and psychosocial support. The associated challenges can negatively impact the provision of integrated and effective multidisciplinary care. Register for this moderated session to see four esteemed practitioners respond in-situ to hypothetical scenarios about people living with diverse, changing and complex needs. With no advance briefings about each scenario, the panel will respond "on the spot”, demonstrating the strategies they’d employ to overcome challenges and work together to provide support, treatment and care. The scenarios will include...

Learning outcomes Identify signs and symptoms of workplace burnout for clients/patients, including physical and psychological symptoms, and work environment risk factors. Explain practitioner challenges in helping clients/patients experiencing symptoms of burnout to constructively engage with the workplace. Describe ways to collaborate with employers and supporting health practitioners to prevent and treat symptoms associated with workplace burnout to promote client/patient wellbeing. Recommend ways to facilitate safe and sustainable work participation for clients/patients experiencing workplace burnout. Our interdisciplinary panel: Assoc Prof Antonio Di Dio (General Practitioner, ACT) Suzanna Gibson (Clinical Psychologist, NSW) Erin Gooey (Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing – Medibank,...

Adults who receive a late ADHD diagnosis can often experience complex and overlapping health, mental health, interpersonal, and psychosocial challenges. Through practical examples and insights from an expert multidisciplinary panel, participants will examine the enablers and barriers to collaborative care, understand what different disciplines need to work together effectively, and build confidence in applying creative, coordinated approaches in their own practice.

Presented in partnership with Emerging Minds Each year more than 26,000 Australian babies are born preterm, arriving before 37 weeks of gestation and often requiring specialised care in neonatal nurseries. These early births bring unique medical, developmental, and emotional challenges that can have lasting impacts on both the infant and their family. At this webinar, our panel will explore the emotional and developmental impacts of preterm birth, highlight the importance of observing and responding to infant cues, and outline practical strategies to strengthen early relationships and support preterm infants’ neurodevelopment and mental health in their first year.   Wednesday, 18...

At this webinar, the panel will aim to explore how an integrated interdisciplinary response will support better outcomes for Alcohol and other Drug presentations in the context of co-occurring and/or co-existing physical health, mental health, housing, forensic, interpersonal, vocational, and/or psychosocial challenges. The panel will also offer tips and strategies that may mitigate the hurdles and maximise the enablers to integrated interdisciplinary care. This webinar is presented by Hamilton Centre and MHPN Through a program of clinical, research and education and training streams, the Hamilton Centre supports the delivery of integrated care for co-occurring conditions across mental health and Alcohol and other...

Attend the live webinar to make the most of your professional development time, engage with a community of peers through the live chat, and have your CPD statement issued automatically to your MHPN account.   Meet the panel:   Dr Ferghal Armstrong  MRCGP FRACGP FAChAM Addiction Medicine Specialist, Eastern Health   Dr Ferghal Armstrong graduated from the Queens University Belfast in 1998. He qualified as a General Practitioner in 2003 and has worked in his own GP Practice, as an Occupational Health Consultant, as well as delivering medical services in prisons. After moving to Australia in 2014, he completed Addiction...

Attend this webinar to learn more about how a multidisciplinary approach will support better outcomes for the treatment and support of eating disorder presentations, and enable participants to learn the skills, processes, procedures, and strategies which are likely to build the efficacy of a multidisciplinary team. Panel Prof Phillipa Hay, Psychiatrist Dr Karen Spielman, General Practitioner Amy Wood, Lived Experience and Counsellor Tom Scully, Dietitian Moderator  Dr Sarah Trobe, Psychologist  Learning outcomes After attending this webinar participants will be better equipped to: Describe why eating disorder presentations are more likely to be complex and cross sectoral Identify the enablers to...