Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychiatric Illness or Normal Psychological Reaction?

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2015
Time: 15:40 registration, 16:00 – 17.30 Seminar
Venue: Clarke Willmott, 138 Edmund Street, Birmingham
CPD: 1.5 Hours CPD Accredited by the SRA
Fees: £45 + vat for members, £55 + vat for non-members
Speaker: Dr Peter Jenkins

This detailed examination of the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will discuss the development of the diagnostic category and some of the controversies that it poses. These will be illustrated by real case examples where possible. The second part of the seminar will discuss biological, psychological and social treatments and perspectives on the condition with information about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) illustrated by case material. Outcome data will be discussed.

Delegates are encouraged to submit questions in advance if possible and a Q&A type conclusion will end the seminar.

Dr Peter Jenkins

Dr Jenkins is approved under Section 12 of The Mental Health Act 1983 as having special expertise in diagnosis of mental illness since 1987. He was also an elected member of the Welsh Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Executive Committee and the College’s Deputy