The challenges associated with personality disorders, and their profound impact on day-to-day practice in healthcare settings, are the basis for this program. You will learn about the definitions and types of personality disorders, and related management strategies.
This program is rich with practical skills and will contextualise some of the most difficult mental illnesses to manage. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to avail yourself with a range of new therapeutic strategies for your nursing 'tool box.'
If you have identified a professional need to improve your understanding of complex mental health conditions such as personality disorders as part of your planned learning activities, then this program will offer you an opportunity to gain continuing professional development (CPD) hours related to this topic.
8:30am - Registration and Refreshments
9:00am
In this introductory session, we will address your specific learning needs through:
9:30am
Personality disorders are some of the most controversial psychiatric diagnoses. They are usually associated with deeply ingrained, extreme, inflexible and maladaptive patterns of relating to and perceiving both the environment and themselves. This introductory session will review the condition.
10:00am
Personality disorders are sometimes complex and challenging to identify. The DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) will be used as the framework for this session.
10:30am - Morning Tea and Coffee
11:00am
Differences in opinions, staff culture and lack of understanding all contribute to feelings of frustration among healthcare professionals. In this session discussion, case studies and role-plays in relation to these disorders will increase your understanding of management in the clinical context, this includes:
12:30pm - Lunch Break and Networking
1:30pm
Paranoia is associated with a wide range of mental illnesses, though often presents as a key symptom in people with a personality disorder. What is it and how do you work with it?
2:00pm
What it is and what it is not. How to assess self-harming behaviour and alternatives to offer clients.
2:30pm
People who persistently manifest with unpredictable and unstable behaviours pose particular challenges for those working in health care. This interesting session examines some scenarios that will assist you to understand their management.
3:00pm - Afternoon Tea and Coffee
3:30pm
4:15pm - Close of Day One of Seminar
9:00am - Commencement of Day Two
9:00am
BPD is undoubtedly one of the most common mental health conditions that healthcare professionals encounter across all healthcare settings. Why is this? What are the signs and symptoms unique to BPD. What do research findings reveal about the most effective treatment approaches?
10:30am - Morning Tea and Coffee
11:00am
Dialectical behaviour therapy is the current evidence-based choice of therapy for many people who experience symptoms of mental health disorders, including poor impulse control, chaotic or overwhelming emotions, depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal behaviours.
12:30pm - Lunch Break and Browse the Book Display
1:30pm
This practical and highly interactive session will focus on learning the skills training modules of DBT which focus on personal growth, and will include relevant case study discussions.
3:00pm - Afternoon Tea and Coffee
3:30pm
Presentation of complex case scenarios to illustrate the key concepts of this seminar:
4:15pm - Close of Seminar and Evaluations
Dr Karen-Ann Clarke is a registered nurse and a specialised mental health nurse with 30 years’ experience of working with individuals and families impacted by the experience of mental illness. Using a feminist narrative methodology, her PhD research explored the way that women diagnosed with depression made decisions and meanings about receiving electroconvulsive therapy. As a lecturer in nursing at USC, Karen-Ann is responsible for the coordination of mental health curricula across multiple undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Teaching in excess of 900 undergraduate students each year, she is passionate about the value that immersive mental health simulation can bring to student’s learning and clinical skills and the way that it can safely bring to life theoretical concepts related to mental healthcare. Karen-Ann currently supervises a number of honours, masters and PhD students and is part of numerous research projects, involving visualisation and simulation, mental illness, suicide prevention and the inclusion of people with lived experience of mental illness into the teaching and learning space.
Personality disorders manifest not only in our workplaces, but also in our personal lives, and can be very disturbing and difficult to manage. Have you ever met someone who was superficially charismatic and charming, only to realise you had been manipulated? Such behaviours can cause disruption in the workplace for staff caring for, or working with, people who have these conditions. There is a need for nurses to identify and clearly understand these complex mental illnesses and to update their knowledge on the best way to manage a person with these conditions.
The aim of this program is to provide nurses with up-to-date education about mental illness that relates to more complex and challenging conditions, such as personality disorders, including: early identification and assessment, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and ongoing management.
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