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 #7 (11/01/2002)
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Links to the media release and
Terms of Reference for the inquiry into children in immigration detention by the Human
Rights Commissioner have been added to the AICAFMHA website at: http://www.aicafmha.net.au/4members/SIGs/discussions/ .
There have been a number of additions to the
AICAFMHA Discussion List summaries on the website eg: outcome measures, RAP, dual
diagnosis, and residential facilities. Review the index at http://www.aicafmha.net.au/4members/SIGs/discussions/
.
Don’t forget the 3rd International
Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ICCAMH) coming up in
'Quality of life - for All of
Life': Suicide Prevention - its social political and developmental contexts
2002 Suicide Prevention
CONTACT: Jonine Penrose-Wall
National Annual Suicide Prevention Conference
Committee
Vice Chair Suicide Prevention Australia Inc
jonine@eisa.net.au
The National Mental Health Education and Training Advisory Group (NMHETAG) was established by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care in August 2000 and the group agreed as a first priority, to the development of National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce. View further information and the papers for comment.
The Human Rights Commissioner
will conduct an Inquiry into children in immigration detention on behalf of the Commission
in 2002. The media release and Terms of Reference for the Inquiry are available at the
Commission's website at: http://www.humanrights.gov.au
SANE Australia – Media Release 10 December, 2001
Quit smoking – new help for people with
schizophrenia
Mental health charity SANE Australia and the University of Melbourne have today released
Management Guidelines for GPs to help people with schizophrenia reduce or quit smoking.
Full release in the Media
Room at: http://www.sane.org/
A Quick Reference card is available
from SANE on 1800 688 382
Full guidelines are at http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/acmh/mh/publications
.
The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA Consumer and Carer Committee) has developed a Consumer and Carer Participation Policy Template endorsed by the MHCA Board at its November meeting. The template contains 14 principles for all public, private, and non government mental health organisations to consider in the development of consumer and carer participation policies. View or download (PDF 76KB) the policy here.
This is really a site for young
people developed by Rotary and the Victorian Department of Education. But if you want some
inspiration.....
http://www.achievers-odds.com.au (from Graham Martin)
Those of you who participated
or followed the Dual Diagnosis discussion (view discussion at http://www.aicafmha.net.au/4members/SIGs/discussions/
) on the AICAFMHA Discussion list may be interested in this notice from MedScape MedPulse:
INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR DUALLY DIAGNOSED CAN BE EFFECTIVE, BUT ARE RARELY OFFERED
Up to half of all substance abusers also have a severe psychiatric disorder, yet
relatively few treatment programs are equipped to treat both mental health problems and
addictions.
DATA 20(12):3-4, 2001 http://psychiatry.medscape.com/46514.rhtml?srcmp=psy-122801
Portland Research and Training
Center on Family Support and Children's
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