Holistic Assessment & Management of Adults with ADHD & Comorbidity using the Focalength Method

Become proficient in The Focalength Method™ of assessing and managing the whole person who presents with complex mental health, physical, social and functional impairment issues, with specific best practice focus on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and comorbidities. 

The Focalength Method™ was born from Dr Tony Mastroianni’s reputable holistic approach to rehabilitating mentally ill forensic patients in the Sydney Forensic and Long Bay Hospitals for over 20 years, and to treating his general psychiatric and ADHD patients in private practice, with excellent clinical outcomes.

This interactive workshop will empower psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners to assess complex patients in a structured, holistic manner (based on capacity and function as well as diagnoses) to create dynamic, holistic management plans for patients and families. Based on adult learning principles, best practice and evidence-based treatment guidelines, the workshop is designed to enable practitioners to reinforce and extend their skills in general mental and physical health, in addition to ADHD and neurodiversity.

The workshop will cover: 

1. The Focalength Method™ - a novel model for assessing and managing mental health holistically, seamlessly integrating physical, emotional, cognitive, trauma, schema, trauma, social and other functional domains. 
2. Learn how to categorise patients into functional and capacity domains, understand the impact of these domains on diagnoses, and how to maintain simultaneous focus on all aspects of a person, to effectively manage their care and minimise risk. 
3. Best practice, systemised clinical assessment of attentional disorders and comorbidity in the context of assessing the whole person. 
4.  Using The Focalength Method™ to integrate holistic management of a patient with ADHD and comorbidities. 

Target audience

The activity is relevant to psychiatrists, psychiatric registrars, general practitioners, psychologists and allied health professionals. 

Level of learning

Intermediate/Advanced.

This activity is targeted to those who have some previous learning on the topic or significant expertise in a similar field of knowledge.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this training, participants should be able to: 

• recognise ADHD and comorbidity and recall best practice assessment and management strategies, 
• identify the 10 Focalength domains that structure holistic assessment and management, 
• recognise which domains require focus in any particular clinical presentation by a patient, and 
• utilise The Focalength Method™ to assess and create management plans for adults with complex mental health presentations such as ADHD. 

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