Common Mental Health Presentations in Lung Cancer Patients – Prevention, Assessment and Management | Lung Cancer Nursing UK

Common Mental Health Presentations in Lung Cancer Patients – Prevention, Assessment and Management

Wednesday 18th September, 12:00 - 13:00

Joining us for this webinar will be Dr Jo Ashcroft and Dr Asanga Fernando to discuss the incredibly important topic of Common Mental Health Presentations in Lung Cancer Patients – Prevention, Assessment and Management. During this webinar they will cover the following:

  • Common mental health presentations in lung cancers – prevalence and aetiology
  • What are the right questions for me to ask?
  • How do I assess for the presence of mental health conditions in my lung cancer patients?
  • Management of common mental health presentations in lung cancers
  • Evolving mental health side effects of evolving cancer treatments.
  • How do I risk screen effectively?
  • How can we think SMART about cancer patients with severe mental illness?

All healthcare professionals are welcome to join this webinar and to participate in the Q&A session that will follow this presentation.

This webinar has been instigated and organised by LCNUK. The support from our corporate sponsors has allowed us to provide this valuable educational meeting free of charge to all delegates. Sponsors have had no input into the agenda or the selection of speakers.

Speakers

  • Jo Ashcroft

    Cancer Psychological Support Service, St George's Hospital
    Jo is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and lead for the Cancer Psychological Support Service (CaPS) at St George’s University Hospital, consisting of clinical/counselling psychologists, systemic family therapy and psychiatry. Jo has over 13 years’ experience working within clinical health psychology in acute hospital settings, primary care and the third sector. She has a keen personal interest oncology, palliative care and bariatric surgery. Jo has experience working with a and training a range of health care professionals to provide holistic and integrated psychological care in both the in-patient and outpatient setting. Clinically, Jo works with a range of therapeutic models, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), third wave cognitive behavioural therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness, as well as systemic, narrative and existential approaches. Jo and her team are paving the way for improved services for cancer patients experiencing difficulties with breathlessness, sex and intimacy, severe mental illness and those facing health inequalities.
    Jo completed an undergraduate psychology degree at Warwick University and a Masters in Health Psychology at Southampton. She went on to complete her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in 2010 and a diploma in cognitive behaviour therapies at Royal Holloway University.

  • asanga fernando

    St George's University Hospitals NHSFT
    Dr Asanga Fernando is a Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in the care of cancer patients. He has active senior clinical leadership, research and educational roles in Cancer and Psychiatry at one of the biggest teaching hospitals and medical schools in the U.K. He has a background in integrating mental health and physical health at a national level, as well as significant quality improvement, teaching and research experience

  • Jennifer Ross

    Jennifer Ross is a Lung Cancer Advanced Nurse Practitioner at St George's Hospital in South London. She has a specialist interest in the treatment of cancers which have oncogenic drivers. Jennifer has an MSc in Advanced practice and runs nurse-led on treatment clinics.