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 #23 (07/09/2002)
AICAFMHA News / What's On? / Mental Health News / Resources / Back to E-News index
The long awaited changeover to our own list serve facility is now complete! We expect this change will result in a more reliable list service with greater ease of use. Information about subscribing, unsubscribing and posting is available here .
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A Principles and Guidelines Discussion Document has been released by the National COPMI
Initiative. Service providers, mental health service consumers, carers, and young people
have been invited to comment on the document, which is downloadable from the AICAFMHA
website http://www.aicafmha.net.au/copmi/ or contact Sue Garvin phone (08) 8132 0786,
e-mail secretary@aicafmha.net.au for a copy to be sent to you. Feedback on the document
is due by October 25th 2002.
For people who wish to provide verbal feedback on the COPMI Discussion Document, a
telephone feedback-line will be staffed on Wednesday 16th October during the following hours;
Eastern States: 4.30 - 9.30pm;
SA and NT: 4.00 - 9.00pm;
Western Australia: 2.30 - 7.30.
People from all states can call the one number: (08) 8161 6190.
We are happy to 'phone
people back' to reduce call charges.
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AICAFMHA is pleased to announce a new email list, the COPMI Discussion List, specifically for national and international discussion on the issues surrounding the provision of services to families where a parent is affected by a mental illness. Information about this list, how to join and how to post messages can be obtained from here.
Another COPMI Project update is now online. Information about the Discussion Document, telephone hotlines and the youth consultation strategy is included. You can also view previous updates.
Mental Health Week is fast approaching. For information about South Australian activities, download the flyer from our website. We are happy to include information from other states in News In Brief. Send details to secretary@aicafmha.net.au
Beyond the Rhetoric In Early Intervention: Bridging the Gap Between Education, Health,
and Crime Prevention
26th-28th March 2003, Hilton Hotel Adelaide, South Australia
Further information.
Tresillian Family Care Centres
2003 Conference Call for Presentation Abstracts
Deadline Extended to 1 November 2002
The 2003 Tresillian conference will be held at the Ibis Hotel, Homebush Bay 20 & 21
June 2003. This Conference for Health Professionals working in Child and Family Health
will focus on Psycho-Social Issues of Parenting and the Health of Young Children and
their families. Further information.
The SANE Mental Health Report has been launched. Hard copies will be distributed nationally and the pdf is also available at http://www.sane.org
The Hon Larry Anthony, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, launched the CAFWAA's
(Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia) report:
A Time to Invest in Australia's Most Disadvantaged Children, Young People and Families.
This report can be downloaded from the CAFWAA website at
http://www.acwa.asn.au/CAFWAA/TimetoInvest.html .
The Mental Health Council of Australia August Newsletter 2002 is now available on the MHCA website: http://www.mhca.com.au/cgi-bin/db.cgi?db=docs&uid=default&docs=1&Type=NL
Four Corners Monday 9 September.
An on line forum following the program will commence at 9.30 pm Monday AEST.
"A DUTY OF CARE" - 4 CORNERS MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
It began as a well-intentioned social reform: fling open the doors of big institutions
and help mentally ill people live in the wider community.
But governments now stand accused of using the shift to community-based care as an excuse
to squeeze funding, with sometimes tragic results.
An alarming number of mentally ill people are committing suicide as their families fight
losing battles to find them proper care.
Andrew Fowler reports on the human cost of a failing mental health system in
"A Duty of Care" - Four Corners 8.30 pm Monday ABC TV.
The National Rural Health Alliance e-forum for 30 Aug can be viewed here. Contains info relevant to indigenous services along with additional information.
Are People With Mental Illness More Violent Than Other People?
(Editorial: Violence in society-contribution of mental illness)
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7363/507
The contribution of mental illness to societal violence is modest, despite increasing public
concern about the potential for violence among mentally ill patients who have been treated
and reside in the community, write researchers in this week's BMJ.
Contact:
Elizabeth Walsh, Clinical Lecturer, Section of Forensic Mental Health, Guy's King's College
and St Thomas's School of Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Email: sppmemw@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Concerned about your child and the impact of the media? Help is at Hand.
A national freecall Helpline is now available for parents and caregivers all over Australia
to call if they have concerns about their child's use of the media. The Young Media
Australia (YMA) Helpline (1800 700 357) is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Helpline operators come from a strong child development and parenting perspective and can
provide callers with research grounded information about the media. They can suggest
strategies both for creating healthy media use and minimising harms that may have already occurred.
Further information at helpline@youngmedia.org.au or website http://www.youngmedia.org.au
"Young Carers: Assessment and Services Literature review of identification, needs assessment
and service provision for young carers and their families"
The Scottish Central Research Unit have just published their latest 'Health and Community
Research Findings' Brief info below - the research findings are freely available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/hcc23-00.asp
The full 77 page report can be accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/maroon/%20ycas-00.asp
Special edition on violence in C & YP in USA
ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Table of Contents - August 2002
Vol 156, No 8 pp 737 - 844
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n8/toc.html
Editorials:
Understanding and Preventing Violence in Children and Adolescents
Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n8/ffull/ped20010.html
The Effectiveness of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs
David P. Farrington, MD
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n8/ffull/ped20011.html
Truth or Consequences: Firearm Safety Instruction at the Time of Purchase
Harold K. Simon, MD; Arthur Kellermann, MD, MPH
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n8/ffull/ped20009.html
VIEW FULL ARTICLE LIST.
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