This two-part place-based CPD series invites GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers and Aboriginal health workers to explore the unmet mental health needs in the community, including those arising from bushfire-related trauma and COVID-19. Unpack the signs and impact of stacked distress and learn how primary health care providers can be proactive in response by using social care and eHealth services.
Part Two
Recognising Stacked Distress
From drought to bushfire to flood to pandemic, our patients are facing a remarkable series of stacked events that may impact their mental health.
Who is most at risk for the consequences? What connections can we build to address these layers of distress? How can GPs provide leadership in a time of multidisciplinary chaos?
This webinar is for all GPs, nurses and allied health professionals interested in developing the skills to provide a meaningful response to patients in distress.
After completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify trauma reactions and implement the principles of trauma informed care when responding to patients expressing distress after an extreme weather event or natural disaster
- Implement organisational skills in times of multidisciplinary chaos
- Identify local approaches to support young people and adults to connect to community and utilise eHealth resources and services following distress
- Identify patients at risk of adverse mental health outcomes following traumatic experiences and refer appropriately for assessment and treatment
Join local clinicians and guest speakers including:
- Professor Ian Hickie, Brain & Mind Centre
- Dr Elizabeth Scott, Psychiatrist & Mind Plasticity
- Orry Berry, Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinator MNC
- Rebekah Sant’Anna, Aboriginal Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services
- Dr. Basia Radlinska, Clinical Psychologist & Casual Academic, Southern Cross University
- Dr. Alakirawa Waba, GP, Port Macquarie Medical Centre
- Dr. Brian Parsonage, Psychiatrist (First Responders focus), Port Macquarie
Email [email protected] to request a video recording of Part One.