Mental health
Draft proposed by Dr YK Shiu
Reviewed by Dr S P Wu
Essential Skills
Domain 1 Professional Values & Behaviour
Domain 2 Communication
Domain 4 Patient Management
Domain 5 Health promotion and Illness Prevention
Domain 9 Safeguarding
Additional desirable skills are listed in each proposal. These recommended skills are to be acquired as opportunity arises
Basic Training
Basic Principles of Emotional and Behavioural Development
Understand the basic theories of childhood cognitive and social development, and attachment theory.
Understand the genetic, psychological, familial (parental mental health problems), neurological and socio-economic factors in the mental well-being of children and young persons (CYP).
Physical illness and mental health
Understand the impact of physical illness on mental health
Determinants of mental well-being
Understand and being able to explain the determinants of mental well-being
Common Childhood behavioural problems
Understand the basic approach to common problems:
Feeding problems, infantile colic
Failure to thrive
Temper tantrums
School refusal
Drug and alcohol problems
Recognises the effects, common presentations and potential for harm of alcohol and other abusive drugs on CYP
Applies knowledge about the addictive potential of alcohol and other drugs to the management of CYP
Recognises the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on child’s mental health
Common mental health conditions
Understand the diagnostic criteria of common mental health conditions:
Attention deficit – hyperactivity disorder
Autistic spectrum disorder
Anxiety
Depression
Conduct disorder
Oppositional – defiant disorder
Eating disorder
Deliberate self-harm
Psychosis and Schizephrenia
Early recognition and referral
Desirable skills
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Basic counselling skills
Higher Training
Dysfunctional parent-child attachment
Understand the impact of violence and abuse on the development and mental health of a CYP
Organic psychiatric disorders
Workup for organic disorders with psychiatric presentations
Functional physical disorders
Approach to helping CYP who present with physical symptoms that have a predominantly psychological substrate
Physical illness and mental health
Offer assessment, counselling and referral when necessary for CYP whose mental health was adversely affected by their physical illness.
Impact of parents and family on mental health
Understand the impact of parental substance abuse and parental mental illness on mental health of CYP
Understand the work of Comprehensive Childhood Developmental Service
Common mental health conditions
Assess and manage common mental health conditions of CYP.
Attention deficit – hyperactivity disorder
Autistic spectrum disorder
Depression
Psychosis
Conduct disorder
Oppositional – defiant disorder
Eating disorder
Deliberate self-harm
Suicidal ideation
Recognise psychiatric disorders that need referral to child psychiatrists for management
Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Assessment of possible organic causes
Desirable skills
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Motivational Interviewing