AICAFMHA:
promoting mental health for young Australians
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association Ltd
ABN 87 093 479 022
News in Brief - Issue #1 (08/09/2001)
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Memberships for the year are now available. Visit the website at http://www.aicafmha.net.au/membership/ to print your application form. Financial members show their support for the association by contributing to the development of new and expanded services.
AICAFMHA Discussion list currently hosting discussions on action addressing the needs of people in detention centres. Join the discussion list from the AICAFMHA website homepage (http://www.aicafmha.net.au/) or post your message to aicafmha_discussion@yahoo.com.au .
The Member Services section of the website has some new features under development such
as listings of information on special interest areas. Information is currently online for
those interested in Children of Parents with a Mental Illness with other topic areas are
in the pipeline.
AICAFMHA is keen to promote networking in special interest areas and welcomes suggestions
and information to be posted on this part of the site. View at http://www.aicafmha.net.au/4members/SIGs/
.
Highlighting the 12th National Biennial Conference of the National Association for Loss
and Grief (Australia) Inc. "On a Journey Through Grief" being held in Perth
Thursday 4th October - Saturday 6th October 2001. Conference web-site provides up to date
information on the program and a copy of the registration form.
www.griefaustralia.org
Illawarra Institute for Mental Health 2001 Workshop series.
Includes Collaborative Recovery: a trans-theoretical model for non-acute mental health
services, 2-5 October. Visit http://www.psych.uow.edu.au/iimh/
for more details.
2nd annual conference of the Illawarra Institute for Mental Health
Riding the Wave Together: Partnerships in Service Delivery (1 day conference) 23 November
Email: james_cook@uow.edu.au for details
Pre-conference workshop: Contemporary Issues in Mental Health: developments in evidence
based practice, 22 November
On World Mental Health Day (WMHD) employers and business leaders throughout the world will be asked to consider how `mentally healthy' their workplaces are. WMHD is an initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health and is co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation. The international theme for WMHD 2001 is mental health and work.
In Australia, the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), is continuing a campaign to highlight the role of employers in supporting the mental health of all employees and reducing stigma of mental illness in the workplace.
The MHCA, in collaboration with other mental health and community organisations, will host community forums in each capital city and in a regional area in each state/territory. Guest speakers will include business leaders and employers who have positive mental health practices in their workplaces and people with mental illness discussing what helps and what doesn't, in relation to managing a mental illness and maintaining or returning to employment.
The MHCA has developed promotional material in the form of posters and postcards for
WMHD. If you would like promotional material or further details about the community
forums, please contact:
Neil Wildman or Rebecca Sakrouge, Mental Health Council of Australia
PH: (02) 6285 3100 or email Rebecca.Sakrouge@mhca.com.au
From Here for Life:
To let you know that the official "Youth Voice of Victoria 01" report (from Youth Week Victoria 2001) is now posted on the website for you to see: www.expressyourself.com.au
New book release from ACER Press (http://www.acerpress.com.au) titled Your Social Baby on the "astonishing capacity of babies to communicate from the moment of birth". Includes helpful hints on responding to babies cues etc. For parents and professionals. Look out for the flyer in our soon to be released AICAFMHA newsletter!
From Medscape's MedPulse:
PROJECT TO BRING EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT INTO REAL WORLD
Evidence-based treatment practices are in abundant supply these days in the mental health
field, but the translation of that knowledge into actual practice settings continues to
pose a challenge Mental Health Weekly 11(32):1, 4-5, 2001
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/42475.rhtml?srcmp=psy-090701
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