AICAFMHA:
promoting mental health for young Australians
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association Ltd
ABN 87 093 479 022
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It is with sincere regret that the Board of Directors of AICAFMHA note the death of Dr
Margaret Tobin, Director of Mental Health Services in South Australia. A number of us have
worked very closely with Margaret over many years and are shocked at her senseless death.
On behalf of the Board I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Margaret's husband
Don Scott, her family and friends.
Phil Robinson
on behalf of the Board of Directors, AICAFMHA
Please note: we still have copies of the Children of Parents Affected by a Mental Illness Scoping Project Report available. Email secretary@aicafmha.net.au with your details and number of copies requested.
The COPMI Project update is now online and can be viewed here. It includes details about the updated resource list and reference list.
The AICAFMHA AGM was held on Monday 4th November. Minutes will be available on the website shortly.
AICAFMHA Members: You should by now have received your voting material for the Qld director election. If you have not received any papers, by email or post, please advise Sue Garvin (secretary@aicafmha.net.au) or on 08 8132 0786. Votes need to be cast by Friday 29th November 2002.
Seminar: A community development approach to mental health (organised by the The Australian
Health Promotion Association)
Date: Monday 9 December 2002
Time: 2.00 - 5.00pm
Venue: VicHealth, 15-31 Pelham St, Carlton
Cost: $10 members $30 non-members
See flier.
Book via Australian Health Promotion Association voicemail: 1300 302 942
or email: ahpavic@telstra.com
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The next Helping Families Change Conference hosted by the Parenting and Family
Support Centre and Triple P International will be held 19-21 February 2003 at the
Manly Pacific Hotel, Sydney. Mark this date in your diary!
Deadline for submissions:
Proposals should be submitted no later than 31 October, 2002.
For more information and submission forms, go to http://www.triplep.net and click
on the conference hyper link at the bottom of the page.
Beyond the Rhetoric in Early Intervention Conference
26 - 28 March 2003, Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia
phone: +61 8 8204 2777 or +61 8 8463 4098
fax: +61 8 8204 9883
email: conference@agd.sa.gov.au
http://www.voc.sa.gov.au/EI_Crime_Prevention/EI_Home.asp
Forum: to Explore Real Change for Families with Dependents with Special Needs
Why is it so difficult to get information and support from the disability, health,
education and welfare systems? Why do families feel they are outsiders in someone
else's system? What can be done about it?
For a Family-Centred Service System:
Real Change in the Disability Scene
Saturday 30 November, 2:00 - 5:00pm,
Hotham Mission, 2 Elm St, North Melbourne (Cnr Curzon St)
Introducing discussion:
Lesley Baker, Vern Hughes, Margaret Ryan
A flier, Issues
Paper and Strategy Proposal for Families Direct can be downloaded
from our website.
Auspiced by: One Voice Disability Network
Contact:
Vern Hughes
03 9326 4481
vern@sen.org.au
http://www.sen.org.au
Note: this group includes anxiety disorder, mental illnesses and depression in their
definition of special needs groups.
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR CHILD & AD0LESCENT PSYCHIATRY
12TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
28 SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER 2003
Paris C.N.I.T., La Défense, France
Further details can be obtained from the Congress website, http://www.escap2003.com
or http://www.escap-net.org/
VIDEO LINK IMPROVES RURAL ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS
October 11, 2002
People living in rural and remote areas will be able to talk to a psychiatrist via video
link and claim it under Medicare, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson,
announced today. She said the initiative was the first time anywhere in the world that a
nationwide, publicly-funded model had used a video link to deliver psychiatric services.
http://www.health.gov.au/mediarel/yr2002/kp/kp021011a.htm
The World Mental Health Day (WMHD) Newsletter is now available on the MHCA
website www.mhca.com.au. Please follow the link from Hot Topics, or go to the
Publications/Newsletter page.
The WMHD Newsletter provides a summary of the National launch in Melbourne on
10 October, 2002 as well as a précis of each presentation. The Newsletter also
includes photographs taken at the National launch to "Reduce Tears, Increase Cheers - protecting
and promoting the mental health of all children"
Media release:
SANE Australia was today (14/10) joined by celebrity TV chef and author, Elizabeth Chong,
to launch a new book - The SANE Guide to Healthy Living - to help improve the physical health
of people with mental illness.
View the release.
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator the Hon Kay Patterson, recently launched a national
subscription to the latest evidence based health care information online through the Cochrane
Library. "The reviews undertaken by the Cochrane Collaboration are the most rigorous in the
world and provide a cornerstone for continuous improvement in the quality of health care",
Senator Patterson said. This important information source is now available free of charge to
all Australians.
To log on: Go to http://www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/index.asp
And click LOG ON button. You can then choose to log on anonymously or register a
username/password.
More information is available from the HealthInsite site at http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/
Click on 'Free access to international research'.
From ABC Health Updates:
DEPRESSION GRIPS OUR CHILDREN (The World Today: 7/10/2002)
The Australian medical community has warned that new studies suggest that children are being
diagnosed with depression younger than ever before, and that they are at increased risk of
developing severe forms of the illness.
http://abc.net.au/worldtoday/s695075.htm
BACKGROUND BRIEFING - The Trouble with Boys
Sunday, November 3, 9.00am, Radio National
We fear them, and we fear for them - adolescent boys who drive too fast, drink too much, hang
around in groups and goad each other into causing trouble. Despite the media headlines, most
young boys are in fact doing fine, though there's a period when they are learning to be men.
How do we help them through these years? Stephen Skinner reports.
http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/
GEORGE NEGUS INTERVIEWS PROFESSOR MARK CREAMER (New Dimensions: Health: 29/10/2002)
Professor Mark Creamer heads the Australian Centre for Post-Traumatic Mental Health. Professor
Creamer's latest research indicates that debriefing people immediately after a tragedy like the
Bali bombings may not necessarily be helpful.
http://abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_health/Transcripts/s713988.htm
BEHAVIOUR SPECIAL (Health Dimensions: 22/10/2002)
More children with behavioural problems are being diagnosed with medical disorders. The
latest 'epidemic' is autism where there has been a 200% increase in diagnoses over the past
10 years. Is there more autism or are we better at picking it up?
http://abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_health/Transcripts/s707993.htm
AUTISM IS GENETIC (Health Minutes: 23/10/2002)
New research has found that the incidence of autism and a condition related to it called
Asperger's syndrome do not appear to have risen over the last couple of decades, suggesting
that if there is an environmental factor, it isn't a major one. Autism is almost certainly
primarily a genetic disorder.
http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s697243.htm
National Rural Health Alliance E-forum - 25 October 2002
In this issue:
* NRHA Statement on An Action Plan for Rural and Remote Nursing
* NRHA Statement on New NRHA Executive
* NRHA Statement on New Health Care Agreements
* NRHA Statement on Indemnity
* NRHA Statement on More National Bodies Admitted to NRHA
* NRHA Statement on Expanding the Network
* NRHA Statement that Alliance Promotes Action on Rural and Remote Nursing
* 7th National Rural Health Conference
* Rural and Indigenous Health Research Grant
* PBS changes need to be fairer and better targeted
* "Major break-through" in regional and remote mental health
* More Aged Care Scholarships Announced
* Aboriginal Australia Facing Life Expectancy Crisis
* Access to International Research for all Australians
* National Health Survey
* Contribution and subscription information and disclaimer.
View here.
New e-NEWSLETTER ON PARENTING AND FAMILY STRENGTHS
In preparation for the release of a new study of the strengths of American families,
YMCA of the USA and Search Institute have launched free electronic newsletter. Building
Strong Families: Insights from Research is designed to inform professionals and parents
about key issues related to parents, families, and asset building. To sign up to receive
this free newsletter, go to: http://www.search-institute.org/families/
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