Practice with Confidence: Avoid the Most Common Reasons for Complaints in ADHD Assessment & Treatment
Agenda
Dr Cornelius Ani (MBBS, MSc, DCH, MRCP, MD, FRCPsych, FHEA, PGC Medical Law) is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London. He is a member of the Board of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) and the Deputy Editor in Chief for Child and Adolescent Mental Health – a clinically oriented journal published by ACAMH.
Dr Ani is also a member of the Executive Committee of the African Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (AACAMH) where he leads on educational affairs. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System (CAPSS). Dr Ani was an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists for 6 years where he held the medicolegal remit.
Through this role, he worked on the Review of the Mental Health Act, and on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) (which will replace DOLS and apply to 16-17 year olds). He was the Named Doctor for Child Safeguarding for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 6 years.
What will the webinar cover?
Key learning objectives
- To help improve safe practice, with particular emphasis on improved outcomes for patients with ADHD
- To explore common complaints regarding ADHD assessment
- Using case studies, discuss strategies that mitigate the risk of future complaint
