EM Monthly: Mental health in children and adolescents
Managing Mental Health in the Pediatric ED – When Specialists Aren’t Available
Every day, pediatric emergency departments care for young patients presenting with self-harm, substance ingestion, mood disorders, and behavioural crises. Yet, access to immediate specialist psychiatric support is not always guaranteed.
How do you make the right call in these critical moments?
Join this practical and highly relevant webinar to strengthen your confidence and clinical decision-making when mental health expertise is not on site.
This session focuses on two essential and often challenging areas:
- Assessing risk of self-harm and suicide
- Recognising when symptoms are psychological rather than physical
Ideal for emergency medicine doctors, paediatric emergency clinicians, paediatricians, nurses, and paramedics looking to enhance their frontline skills.
By attending, you will:
- Gain familiarity with validated suicide and depression screening tools
- Improve your ability to identify unexplained or functional symptoms
- Build confidence in managing complex mental health presentations in the ED
- Strengthen your approach to patient safety and early intervention
Programme highlights (moderated by Dr Ülle Uustalu):
- Suicide and self-harm: risk assessment — Prof Dennis Ougrin
- Medically unexplained/functional symptoms — Dr Benjamin Baig
- Live Q&A – your chance to interact with leading experts
Equip yourself with essential skills.
Support safer care for vulnerable young patients.
Register now and be prepared when it matters most.