Depression and Suicide in Adolescents - Live Webinar

About the event

This course is provided by College Education and Training, a business unit of Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc.

Presented by: Dr Arran Culver

Dr Culver is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who has worked across a broad range of roles within the mental health and addiction sector, and is currently Professional Lead for Psychiatry and Clinical Leader for Younger Persons Community Mental Health Services across Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast DHBs. He is also on the HQSC Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee which is currently focusing on Maori youth suicide.

Course Information:

On completion of this course, pharmacists will be able to:

• Recognise key signs and symptoms of depression in adolescents
• Describe how to screen for adolescent depression and suicidal thoughts/behaviours
• Identify when and where to refer
• Identify main evidence based treatments for adolescent depression at different levels of severity
• Recognise common risk factors for depression and suicide in adolescents.

Assessment:

Pharmacists must achieve an 80% pass mark in order to complete the course.

One learning package must be purchased for each individual to complete the course.

Group 2 points will be available. Exact amount to be confirmed.

Pre reading is not assessed. Allocate Group 1 points based on one point per hour.

Non Member Registration

Non PSNZ members can register for this event. Please note you will need to register as a user on the PSNZ website before you can register to attend the event. Look for the "New user? Register now" option at the bottom of the Login screen.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Payment must be received before your course materials will be made available to you. Confirmation and how to access the course materials will be forwarded to your preferred email address once your registration has been processed.

Registrations are subject to our terms of trade and privacy policy available at www.psnz.org.nz.

Cancellation more than seven days before the webinar:

A full refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation between two and seven days before the webinar:

A 50% refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation the day before, the day of, or after the webinar:

No refund available.

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Declaration:

By enrolling in this training, you are confirming that all work undertaken within this training programme and assessment answers are your own. If there are grounds to believe that cheating or plagiarism has occurred, we will investigate and your work may be disallowed and you will be unable to complete the training.