The Masterclass Series is aimed at Psychiatrists and Medical Professionals who already have a knowledge of basic psychopharmacology and who wish to expand their practical knowledge base by engaging in discussions on the practice of prescribing.
The Masterclass is a facilitated, collegiate discussion of the practice, art and safety of prescribing psychotropic medications.
ALL ADULT GENERAL PSYCHIATRISTS AND TRAINEES ARE INVITED
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY MASTERCLASS
TOPIC: Wither Antidepressants?
Saturday, 22 March 2025
8:30am - 2:00pm
Convenors: Prof Nick Keks and A/Prof Judy Hope
This Masterclass will focus on controversies concerning antidepressants, their efficacy and safety, and the push to deprescribe in everyday clinical conundrums. We will present core information about antidepressants and then head into the various conundrums.Time permitting will also tackle using benzodiazepines for panic and talk about the art using antidepressants in the real workd, with illustrative cases.
Cost: $130 (Morning Tea and Lunch provided)
Location: Delmont Private Hospital Lower Ground Dining Room 300 Warrrigal Road Glen Iris (Free parking on site)
RSVP : by Wednesday, 19 March
For more information on this and future Masterclass sessions, please contact :
Lisa Capper
(03) 9805 7321
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On another note, the recent RANZCP's Australasia Psychiatry Journal has recently published articles from Professor Nick Keks and the co contributors from the Centre for Mental Health and Research and Delmont Private Hospital.
We would like to congratulate the CMHR and Delmont's team on the publication of the following articles:
Characteristics, diagnoses and risk profiles of inpatients readmitted within 28 days of discharge to an Australian private psychiatric hospital : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1039856220901469
Comparative Tolerability of Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Partial Agonists for Schizophrenia: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40263-020-00718-4
9 September 2020
