Professional Development
NT PHN & the Black Dog Institute (BDI), 1-day, ‘Dealing with Anxiety Disorders’, free workshop for Darwin GPs on 31 May 2025
NT PHN & the Black Dog Institute (BDI), 1-day, ‘Dealing with Anxiety Disorders’, free workshop for Darwin GPs on 31 May 2025
Darwin GPs, join the NT PHN and BDI for this free interactive one-day workshop to develop your knowledge and skills to better manage your patients’ anxiety.
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.
The program will assist GPs to gain further confidence and competence in the effective use of Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS).
Please note this program is only applicable to GPs
Topics
Topic 1: Understanding Anxiety
Topic 2: Assessing Anxiety
Topic 3: Behavioural Strategies
Topic 4: The Anxious Mind
Topic 5: Pharmacological Treatments
Topic 6: Putting it all Together
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- 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.
HealthPathways
RACGP and ACRRM acknowledge HealthPathways as a valuable clinical tool for GPs and have endorsed its use to contribute to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. HealthPathways provides clinical information for local practitioners and the opportunity to engage in reflective practices to deepen comprehension of patients’ clinical conditions, enhancing overall patient care.
A link to the relevant pathway can be found here:
https://nt.communityhealthpathways.org/50595.htm
https://nt.communityhealthpathways.org/261200.htm
More information can be found on the CPD Hours for HealthPathways Use page and access is provided via healthpathways@ntphn.org.au”
CPD
RACGP & ACRRM: 8 CPD hours incl. 5 hours Education Activity & 3 hours Reviewing Performance.
FPS CPD (GPMHSC)
Questions?
For registration queries, please contact Black Dog Institute: –
