Assessment and Treatment of OCD Across the Life span.

Early Bird (45 days prior to event): $300, Standard Reg: $330, Students: $280 NB: Previous delegates are entitled to a $50 discount off the full registration fee if registered by the early bird date. Focusing on methods of assessment and treatment of OCD across the life span, including theories of aetiology, and up-to-date research. Seminar components include: predisposing and critical factors, trajectory, the range of ritualistic behaviours, age of onset issues, assessment processes including structured clinical interviews and selected psychometric tools, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and unusual presentations. Therapeutic intervention will be comprehensively covered, using a cognitive behavioural framework. Speaker: Dr. Simon Kinsella B.Sc.(Hons).,Dip.S.O.Hyp.,PhD, MAPS.Dr. Kinsella is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Melbourne, Honorary Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Senior clinical psychologist at Austin Health and the Albert Road Centre for Health and a registered specialist supervisor for psychologists. Additionally, he supervises child and adolescent psychiatry trainees in the use of CBT for assessment and therapy.Locations: Sydney: 4th June 2010 Brisbane: 6th August 2010