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Dealing with Anxiety Disorders (Bathurst)
| When | 6th May 2023, 9am-5pm |
| Where | Bathurst PHN Office, 4/1 Rankin Street Bathurst, NSW 2795 |
| Cost | Free - Funded by the Western NSW Primary Health Network |
This highly interactive workshop aims to provide GPs with a comprehensive theoretical understanding of anxiety disorders together with an extensive range of skills and strategies to better manage anxiety in their practices.
Clinical scenarios form the basis of learning as participants explore how anxiety disorders arise, how they are maintained, and the role general practitioners can play in addressing these effectively.
Learning Outcomes
• Distinguish between normal anxiety and clinically significant anxiety disorders.
• Identify common avoidance and safety behaviours and the central role they play in anxiety disorders.
• Employ behavioural techniques such as relaxation, mindfulness meditation and graded exposure to assist patients with anxiety disorders.
• Challenge unhelpful cognitions and metacognitions commonly associated with anxiety disorders.
• Appraise the role of medications in the management of anxiety disorders.
Accreditation
• RACGP: 40 Accredited CPD Activity Points
• ACRRM: PDP - 4 Performance Review,
• 3 Educational Activity points, 1 MOPS point
• GPMHSC: Focused Psychological Strategies CPD
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