BSG/BASL AUD Webinar Series – Through the life-course: Alcohol use disorder and mental health

Join us for a series of 5 webinars brought to you by BASL in collaboration with the BSG Liver section. In this series, we will discuss different elements of the management of those with alcohol use disorders and how alcohol use disorders impact patients at different stages in life.  This will include the impact of prenatal and parental alcohol-use disorder, dual mental health and AUD diagnoses, the optimal management of alcohol-related hepatitis, the synergy between alcohol and metabolic risk factors through to the impact on extra-hepatic health and cancer risk.

The second webinar of the series will take place on Wednesday 11th January at 6 pm and will explore alcohol use disorder and mental health.

Key learning objectives

• Understand which mental health diagnoses commonly co-exist with AUD (e.g., anxiety, depression, PTSD, and others)
• Consider how co-existing mental health disorders should be treated, in the presence of AUD and the role of specialist mental health, alcohol treatment and community services
• Understand whether different pharmacological interventions are required for medically assisted withdrawal and/or relapse prevention in the presence of co-occurring mental health diagnoses
• Explore how mental capacity can be assessed and managed, in this context.

Programme

18:00 Welcome and introductionDr Steven Masson, BSG Alcohol Lead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

18:05 Keynote talk on Alcohol use disorder and mental healthDr Nicky Kalk, King’s College Hospital

18:45 Q&A Panel discussionChairs: Dr Steven Masson, Dr Ashwin Dhanda, Plymouth and Dr Ahmed Elsharkawy, BirminghamSpeaker: Dr Nicky Kalk, King’s College Hospital

19:00 Thank you and closing remarksDr Steven Masson, BSG Alcohol Lead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

This webinar will be accredited for 1 CPD point with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Feedback surveys will be emailed directly to attendees within 3 working days of the webinar broadcasts. Certificates will be available upon completion of the feedback survey.