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News in Brief - Issue #3.04 (15/03/2003)
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COPMI Project update online at http://www.aicafmha.net.au/copmi/updates/ . Contains links to the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce" document.
What?s On?
** Beyond the Rhetoric in Early Intervention - Bridging the Gap between Education, Health and Crime Prevention conference will be held from 26-28 March 2003. There are some excellent speakers including Dr Clyde Hertzman, Prof Ross Homel, Prof Graham Vimpani and Prof Nick Tilley. Information about the conference can be found on the website http://www.voc.sa.gov.au/EI_Crime_Prevention/EI_Registration.asp
On the 28th March 2003, 'Here for Life' presents National Boardshorts Day. A fun day for all
Australians to drop their pants and slap on a pair of boardies in the spirit of raising awareness
and funds for 'Here for Life'. 'Here for Life' is Australia's peak organisation addressing the
prevention of youth suicide.
If you have not registered yet, simply log on to www.hereforlife.org.au or call 1800 359 770.
TRESILLIAN CONFERENCE
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st June, 2003
IBIS Hotel, Olympic Drive,
Homebush Bay, Sydney
Registration form.
Building Better Beginnings: Perinatal and Infant Initiatives in Context - Announcement & Call for
Abstracts. Closing Date for Receipt of Abstracts: Tuesday, 15 April, 2003 24-26 July, 2003
(Helen Mayo House Workshops: 23 July) Adelaide University
Details.
10th Annual Suicide Prevention Australia National Conference
12-15 June 2003
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Queensland Australia
Download pdf.
Website: www.suicidepreventionaust.org
9th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect to be held at the Sydney Convention Centre
from 24 - 27 November, 2003.
Please Note: The deadline date for abstracts is looming!!! - abstracts should be submitted by 28
March.
Details.
Cracking the Sads is a best practice forum for young people and health professionals. Four
innovative workshops will be coordinated by young women and health professionals. Forming
connections, learning life skills and being involved in creative and adventurous activities
support young women to deal successfully with depression.
Wednesday 9 April 2003, 9-5pm at the Yvonne Bowden Auditorium, Royal Women's Hospital, 132
Grattan St, Carlton, Victoria.
http://www.rwh.org.au/wellwomens/awh.cfm?doc_id=2823
Australian Social Policy Conference 2003
SOCIAL INCLUSION
9-11 July 2003, University of New South Wales
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
NOTE Closing Date for Abstracts extended to 31 March 2003.
Further info email: d.aldridge@unsw.edu.au
Mental Health News
Commonwealth Allied Health Rural & Remote Scholarships (CAHRRS)
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, has approved a $2.1 million training
program for allied health professionals in rural and remote areas of Australia.
The scholarship program will be implemented over three years with $600,000 funding available
each year. Applications for the first round of scholarship funding under this scheme close on
April 15, 2003.
View media release.
Download application.
For additional information contact:
Peter Brown, CAHRRS Scholarship Manager,
Email: cahrrs@ruralhealth.org.au
Tel: 02 6285 4660
New position created:
Wentworth Area Health Service (Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Penrith) has received funding for
a permanent full-time Nurse Practitioner in Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ICAMH).
This is the first ICAMH Nurse Practitioner position in NSW and will be a fundamental position in
terms of developing the first Clinical Practice Guidelines for such a role.
We would like to advise advanced practice Nurses (in the field of Infant, Child and Adolescent
Mental Health) from throughout Australia, that this position will be advertised in the Sydney
Morning Herald and The Australian over the next two weeks (during March 2003).
Further information available from http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/ .
The NSW Commission for Children and Young People have produced the 'Ask the children' series
(http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/ourwork/ask.html) to make kids' views on different topics available
to the public and decision makers.
Follow the links to find out kids' views on: Their experiences of immigration detention
(http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/files/immigrationdetention.pdf)
For the latest information on National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention visit
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/index.html .
MHCA Media Release: Thurs 13th March. View release.
The Mental Health Sector Stakeholders (MHSS)* and the Investment and
Financial Services Association (IFSA) will sign a ground-breaking agreement
today to work on improving life insurance for Australians with mental health
problems.
SANE Media Release: 27th Feb. View release.
When you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder . . .
SANE Australia offers hope to Australians diagnosed with bipolar disorder, with the release
of a new resource - The Bipolar Disorder Video Kit
Would you like to participate in the new International Network for Child and Adolescent Mental
Health and Schools?
The Network seeks to promote dialogue within and across countries on issues critical to the
global advancement of mental health promotion and intervention practices and programs in schools.
You can join the mailing list by simply clicking on the website: http://csmha.umaryland.edu
and subscribing from there.
The MHCA has been asked to provide a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into
the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
The website address providing an outline of the inquiry is
http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/index.html
An issues paper has also been released by the Productivity Commission, and outlines how to
participate in the inquiry, the scope of the inquiry, and issues the Commission is seeking
comment and information on.
Copies of the issues paper are available via http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/issuespaper/dda.pdf
Alternatively, printed copies are available by contacting Delwyn Rance, phone (03) 9653 2182.
The terms of reference for the inquiry are also outlined in the issues paper.
The closing date for submissions is Thursday 17 April 2003. As such, any comments
(including examples/cases where discrimination has occurred and the Act has been
effectively/not effectively used) would be appreciated by Monday 7 April. I will collate
all comments, and then recirculate the submission to members for final comment prior to
submitting it on 17 April. In the meantime I will begin drafting a submission based on
preliminary research.
Carmen Hinkley
Senior Policy Officer
Mental Health Council of Australia
Resources
Building Strong Families:
A Preliminary Study from YMCA of the USA and Search Institute on What Parents Need to Succeed.
Website includes factsheet, brief report, full report.
http://www.abundantassets.org/building.cfm
TITLE: YOUTH ROUNDTABLE 2002 REPORTS TO GOVERNMENT
Family and Community Services Portfolio
URL: http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/MinCS.nsf/b9bf24f0f06605bdca2567140011b79c/
3e1694b4607ac532ca256cd90076fbb7?OpenDocument
SNIPPET: Reports by the 50 members of the National Youth Roundtable 2002 were released today by
the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony. Rebecca Ebert from South Australia
has recommended a Youth Help Page is included in every phone book in Aust
From ABS Health Updates:
TROUBLED MINDS: MADNESS AND CULTURE (Lab Feature: 13/03/2003)
Many people with schizophrenia
believe voices on the radio or television are speaking to them personally. But is this experience
of madness universal, especially in places where there is no TV? A growing network of psychiatrists
argue that culture is key when diagnosing a troubled mind. Natasha Mitchell reports en route from
India.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/minds/default.htm
Rural and Remote Health, is an international, electronic journal of rural and remote health
education, practice and policy. The journal's aim is to provide an easily accessible, peer-reviewed,
international evidence-base to inform improvement in health service delivery and health status in
rural communities.
http://e-jrh.deakin.edu.au/
*Telstra Foundation Community Development Fund 2003 - closing 11 April 2003 A giving program
devoted to enriching the lives of Australian children and young people and the communities in
which they live.
www.telstrafoundation.com (click on 'Community' button)
*Happy Little Vegemite Foundation - closing 30 May 2003
The Happy Little Vegemite Foundation will provide up to 80 grants of $2,000.00 each to
not-for-profit organisations who are working in their communities to create a healthy, happy,
fun and safe future for people under the age of 18 years.
http://www.vegemite.com.au/hlv_how_to_enter.asp
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Common Diagnosis?
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/flo/y/hasA0EPJVR0D2s0FVRV0Aq
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders
of childhood and adolescence. Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health 8(1) 2003
** Vision for effective mental health services
This report, published by the National Council on Disability, examines causes of the current
crisis in public systems that are charged with providing mental health services and supports
for children, youth, adults and seniors who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses. The
report also offers a vision of effective services and supports.
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/mentalhealth.html
** Arizona Governor announces expansion of reforms
The governor of Arizona announced the statewide expansion of a pilot program for reforming
mental health services for children. The pilot program began in response to a lawsuit, brought
by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, that challenged the state's failure to provide
adequate services. The pilot program emphasizes providing individualized services, treating
children and families with respect, and promoting collaboration among agencies.
http://www.bazelon.org/newsroom/3-20-01jksettlement.htm
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