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AICAFMHA E-News in Brief - Issue #8

News in Brief - Issue #8 (25/01/2002)

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AICAFMHA News

Thankyou to all those people who made name suggestions for the association. Ideas have been collated and will be reviewed at the February Board meeting. Shortlisted names etc will be advised thereafter.

See updated conferences page for latest news on what’s happening, where.

What’s On?

COMIC (Children of Mentally Ill Consumers/Carers) CO-OP STOCKTAKE MEETING
on 5 FEBRUARY 2002 between 1.00pm - 3.00pm to be held in the Conference Room, Mental Health Resource Centre, 1 Richmond Road, KESWICK, South Australia. All with an interest in this area welcome. Contact comic.admin@bigpond.com .

“STRONGER FOUNDATIONS – STRONGER FAMILIES”
A conference to explore the benefits of early intervention for families of young children, at risk of having poor life outcomes.
Friday, February 15, 2002, Trinity College STARPLEX Conference Centre, Gawler
Alexander Avenue, Evanston Park, 9.15 AM – 5.00 PM
Registration Fee:  $40-00, non-government organisations $30-00, volunteers  & students  $25-00. (All registration fee prices plus GST.)
For further information contact Family and Youth Services, Gawler, on 08 8521 4444 or Gawler Health Services, Community Services on 08 8521 2080.

Commission for Children and Young People in conjunction with School of Applied Psychology Griffith University, Gold Coast invite all those interested in issues around fathers and their children to attend a Research Forum: Focus on Fathering.
Monday 18th February 2002, 8.30am (registration) to 4.30pm
RSVP: Gail Armstrong, By Monday 11 February 2002
Ph:  07 3247 5518       Fax:  07 3247 5507
E-mail:  Gail.Armstrong@childcomm.qld.gov.au
PDF of flier available.

Second World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
In London from 11-13 September 2002.   Organised by the World Federation for Mental Health and the Clifford Beers Foundation in collaboration with The Carter Center.  It is co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation.  More information is available at http://www.charity.demon.co.uk .

RURAL AND REMOTE NURSING SUMMIT
To be held in Adelaide in July 2002. It will help ensure that current and proposed developments in nursing policy and practice are informed by the realities for nurses and for nursing practice in rural and remote areas of Australia.
The 2002 Summit will be a public event.   Anyone interested in the contribution of nursing to health outcomes in rural and remote areas will be welcome.
The first point of contact at the Alliance for matters related to the 2002 RRANS and its related activities is Lyn Eiszele. on 02 6285 4660 or lyn@ruralhealth.org.au  <mailto:lyn@ruralhealth.org.au>
The full text of the NRHA statement on the summit is at <http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/301101>. The NRHA background paper on the summit is available at http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nursingsummit301101.doc

FYI – the registration brochure for the Third International Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health is expected by the end of March. Keep 11-15 June free for this Brisbane event. See http://www.iccamh.com/ .

Mental Health News

SANE Australia, has called (23/1) for a Federal parliamentary inquiry into the care of people with mental illness following recent events around Australia - the police shooting in Victoria, the escapes from custody in Queensland, and the shackling of patients in hospital wards in South Australia. View media release.

PBAC decision discriminatory
Mental health charity SANE Australia today (22/1) condemned the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee’s decision to deny public subsidy for nicotine patches. View media release.

From Medscape MedPulse: STUDY FINDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE A BARRIER TO TREATMENT
A new study based on data from the seminal National Comorbidity Survey on prevalence of mental illness indicates that the problem of untreated mental illness may have more to do with personal psychological barriers than with system financing or access. Mental Health Weekly 11(48):3-4, 2002 http://psychiatry.medscape.com/47195.rhtml?srcmp=psy-011802

Resources

ADD / ADHD Information:

People seeking support with ADD can contact: addventurous@froggy.com.au

Internet groups for ADHD Adults
Light hearted, often off topic.... but incredibly supportive! It is a place ADD people can go and be themselves, get advice, make friends, offload if they are having a bad day etc. They are restrictedgroups and people need to prove that they either show the tendencies, have a diagnosis or have a spouse or child who are ADD and they need to understand a bit more. Groups:
ADDventurous Larrikins (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADDventurousLarrikins/) This is a mixed group
ADDventurous Women (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADDventurousWomen/) Ladies only
ADDventurous Men (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADDventurousMen/) Men only ~ have to admit that this has slowed down since the Larrikins group started!
Contact person: Julie Gade, phone (03) 9776-5858, email: MindSpace at mindspace@froggy.com.au

 

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