Monday 9th May 2022
Speaker: Dr Clara Martinez-Clavera

1. To explain what Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) in adults are.
2. To review the management of common CEN presentations to primary care
3. To identify when to consider medication in individuals with CENs, what to prescribe and how to obtain medication advice
4. To discuss local services available to signpost and refer into: IAPT (psychological therapies), MHICT (Mental Health Intermediate Care Team) and to understand the remit of the new CEN Service.
Dr Clara Martinez-Clavera
Dr Clara Martinez is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in the Gloucester Recovery Team, a community-based team supporting working-age adults in the recovery of severe and enduring mental health conditions. She qualified in 2010 from the University of Bristol and completed dual higher specialist training in general adult and old age psychiatry. She has an interest in medical education, holding a PGCMedEd qualification and acting as Undergraduate Tutor for medical students on psychiatry placements in the past. She has co-designed and co-delivered short training courses for psychiatry and junior doctors of all grades. She has training in Advanced Motivational Interviewing and has co-facilitated Dialectic Behavioural Therapy Skills sessions for patients with Complex Emotional Needs.

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