Alcohol Related Disorders: Towards an Integrated Care Pathway. Royal College of Physicians, London 10 May 2011

Summary ← An important series of national guidelines and a set of national quality standards on the identification, treatment and management of Alcohol Disorders have recently been published. The Royal College of Physicians supported by the NCCMH (Royal College of Psychiatrists and NICE) organised a one day conference called ‘Alcohol Related Disorders: Towards an Integrated Care Pathway’ to facilitate the implementation of these guidelines.

The conference leaflet will be available to download shortly.

Access, Availability and Choice - Treating People with
Schizophrenia. Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London 23 June 2009

Summary ← This conference addressed specific issues related to schizophrenia, as well as a broader
view of how we practice psychiatry. Questions included:

• What is the role of choice in determining treatments and how we can make shared decision-making a
reality?
• Are the right services available and, if they are, can all the different groups of people get access to them?

To download the conference leaflet, click here.

Maternity and mental health: making a difference. Institute of Physics, London 2 October 2007

Summary ← The NCCMH and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) hosted an interactive
conference which examined the barriers and solutions of implementating the APMH clinical guideline.

To download the day's presentations, click here.

Improving services and support for people with dementia:
joining forces to improve dementia care. Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London 12 July 2007

Summary ← A joint conference between the NCCMH and the National Audit Office presenting the NAO
Value for Money survey and the NICE clinical guideline.

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Mental Health Outcomes – meeting the challenge. Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield 07 March 2007

Summary ← This conference, supported by the National Institute for Mental Health in England, the
Healthcare Commission and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health is directed towards
doctors, mental health nurses, service users, carers, other clinicians, social care staff and managers. It
will explore attitudes and approaches to the use of routine clinical outcome measures in mainstream
mental health and social care services.

Introducing the new NICE guideline: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & Body Dysmorphic Disorder. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London 01 February 2006

Summary ← The guideline contains clinical recommendations for good practice based on the best
available evidence in this field and is written for health care professionals, people with OCD and BDD and
their carers. The conference aims to convey clinical messages from the guideline and personal
experiences of people living with OCD and BDD. The conference is also geared to educate clinicians and
service users on how to use this guidance.

To download the patient information leaflet, click here.

Depression in children and young people: recommendations from the NICE guideline. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London 02 November 2005

Summary ← This guideline comprises clinical recommendations for good practice based on the best
available evidence in the field. Following the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
(MHRA) report on the use of antidepressants in children and young people, there has never been a greater
need for clarity on the best ways of managing depression in this group. Speakers will include experts from
the group that developed the guideline and sessions will address the recommendations from the
guideline and what this means for current practice. Young people and their carers will be involved in
planning and presenting the conference.

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A new “transdiagnostic” form of CBT for eating disorders. St. Georges Medical School, London 12-13 July 2005

Summary ← In this two-day workshop Professor Fairburn, Oxford University, will describe a unified
cognitive behavioural approach to the treatment of the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical
practice (including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and the various forms of atypical eating disorder).

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PTSD what works and what doesn’t: The new NICE guideline on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London 06 April 2005

Summary ← This one day conference aims to help support the NICE guideline on PTSD’s dissemination
and implementation. Speakers will include the experts and PTSD sufferers who developed the guideline.
Presentations will address the guideline recommendations for evidence-based and patient-centred care.

Working together to improve self harm services: the NICE guideline, Institute of Physics. London 20 October 2004

Summary ← NCCMH is organising a one day conference to support the guideline’s dissemination and
implementation. Speakers will include many of the expert members who developed the guideline and
presentations will address the guideline recommendations and the research evidence that underpins
them.

To download the patient information leaflets, click here.