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promoting mental health for young Australians
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association Ltd
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News in Brief - Issue #3.05 (29/03/2003)
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This issue's COPMI Project update has been provided by the project team's consumer/carer representative. View online.
The links section of the website is continuing to grow with a comprehensive listing of relevant conferences. Visitors to the site are welcome to suggest additional links for the database by utilising the 'Add a Site' facility.
What?s On?
Workshop: "The role of anxiety in a Family with an out-of-control adolescent": Case presentation
with Annette McInerney
Theoretical Discussion with Penny Jools
Saturday, 3rd May, 2003
Time: 9am Registration & Coffee
9.30 - 1.00 Workshop
1.00 Lunch
Place: Calliope, 7 Johnston Street, Annandale.
Cost: $65 (including lunch & morning tea.)
RSVP to Noela Byrne (95576119) at the above address by 20 April, 2003.
More info/registration.
28th International Congress on Law and Mental Health
Sydney, Australia September 28 - 3 October 2003
Venue: The Wentworth, Sydney
For further Information refer to website www.ialmh.org/Sydney2003/main.htm
email: gail.fowler@capcon.com.au
Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle presents:
Evaluating Community Programs from a Strengths Perspective: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities
When: Monday 5th May 2003, 9am to 4pm
Venue: The Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle
Workshop fee: $110 (incl. GST)
RSVP: 28 April 2003 - Lesley Asher on 49215758 or Lesley.asher@newcastle.edu.au Book early! Limited
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Partnerships Conference 2003 - Maintaining Momentum
Rottnest Lodge, Rottnest, WA
Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 2003
The conference will examine ways to sustain the momentum in building partnerships between primary
care and mental health services, with a specific focus on integrating consumers' physical and
mental health care.
Download notification flyer (Word).
16th World Congress of IACAPAP
(International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals)
URL: http://www.iacapap-berlin.de/
22-26 August 2004, Berlin, Germany
'Joined Up Services : Linking Together for Children and Families'
URL: http://www.otago.ac.nz/CIC/CIC.html
26-28 June 2003, Dunedin, New Zealand
Download registration form (PDF).
1st International Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Nursing & Midwifery Conference
Making a World of Difference: An International Focus on Reducing Problems of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drug Use
15-17 April 2003
Stamford Plaza Hotel - Adelaide, South Australia
http://www.nursing.sturt.flinders.edu.au/aodconf/
Third International Symposium, Internet, Psychiatry and Mental Health. Benefits and Risks
April 10-11, 2003
Paris, France
http://psydoc-fr.broca.inserm.fr/ISPI/
American Psychiatric Association
May 17-22, 2003
San Francisco, CA
156th Annual Meeting
Telephone: 202.682.6000 Fax: 202.682.6850
E-mail: apa@psych.org
Web: http://www.psych.org/
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
50th Annual Meeting
October 14-19, 2003
voice: 202-966-7300
fax: 202-966-2891
http://www.aacap.org/
Mental Health News
The Young Media Australia (YMA) Helpline have released an article entitled Helping children cope with the media coverage of the war which they have asked organisations to reproduce in newsletters, etc. View article.
TITLE: YOUTH ROUNDTABLE 2003 MEETS FEDERAL PARLIAMENT
Family and Community Services Portfolio
URL: http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/MinCS.nsf/b9bf24f0f06605bdca2567140011b79c/296c8de
2560c2cbfca256cef001779bb?OpenDocument
SNIPPET: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today officially welcomed 50
young Australians to Canberra for the first meeting of National Youth Roundtable 2003. "National
Youth Roundtable 2003 is set to be the best Roundtable yet."
Media release from Larry Anthony (Mon 24th March) included the following:
"There are plenty of measures to help children deal with the fears and anxieties that war and
conflict brings. Parents should be aware that there are a range of services that can provide
advice and help allay children's fears. These include:
*Young Media Australia www.yma.org.au
*Kids Help Line (ph 1800 55 1800)
*Family Services Australia www.relationships.com.au
*Relationships Australia (ph 02 6285 4466)
*Catholic Family Welfare/Centacare www.catholicwelfare.com.au
"Other useful resources for parents include a comprehensive fact sheet developed by Parenting,
Youth and Child Health in South Australia and available from www.cyh.com, and the Australian Early
Childhood Association, www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
From the NSW Commission for Children and Young People:
Helping kids with no one to turn to: The NSW Commission for Children and Young People has called
on schools and mental health professionals to work together on school campuses so that kids in need
do not have to search out help.
The recommendation is one of many in the far-reaching "Report of the Inquiry into the best means
of assisting children and young people with no one to turn to".
The Inquiry talked with 240 kids aged 4 to 18 years over two years as well as parents, carers,
teachers and professionals working with kids. It found that the most important thing to all kids,
regardless of age, gender, cultural or personal background, was relationships.
"Kids experience their lives through relationships and are most vulnerable when they lack strong,
nurturing relationships at home. Kids told us that they need a trusted adult to turn to in everyday
activities such as school or sport," said the NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People,
Gillian Calvert.
The Commission has called for an inter-agency, inter-government approach within the next two
years to develop a service charter based on building relationships.
The Report recommends that funding be based on a relationship focus and that agencies develop a
set of competencies for staff including advocacy so that kids do not have to navigate the system
alone.
You can read the full report at www.kids.nsw.gov.au/publications.
Resources
RTC Updates - March 2003
Contents Of This Update:
** ANNUAL CONFERENCE -- Register Online!
** FORUMS--Post Your Opinions
** PROJECT NEWS -- Nominate your employer
** DATA TRENDS--Recent research summaries
** RTC PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS--Recently produced
** FROM THE WEB--Online information and sites of interest
Some excellent reference articles and presentations available.
View.
The State of the World's Children 2003
UNICEF, 2002
Languages: English, French, Spanish
ISBN: 92-806-3784-5
Available online as PDF [136p.] at:
http://www.unicef.org/pubsgen/sowc03/sowc03.pdf
The State of the World's Children 2003 reports on child participation - the 'right' of every
child at every age, the responsibility of governments, organizations and families, and a way
to promote tolerance, respect for human rights, an appreciation of diversity and peace.
British Medical Journal [BMJ 2003;326:560-561 (15 March)]
Editorial - Achieving health for UK children in public care
"... Children must be offered a health assessment with a suitably qualified doctor within four
weeks of entering public care?."
At http://bmj.com/cgi/reprint/326/7389/560.pdf
From ABC Health Updates:
DEPRESSION LINKED TO HEART DISEASE (AM: 17/03/03)
New research from the National Heart Foundation has found that depression and loneliness cause
as much heart disease as smoking and a poor diet.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/s808443.htm
TROUBLED MINDS: MADNESS AND CULTURE (Lab Feature: 20/03/03)
Many people with schizophrenia
believe that the voices on the radio or TV are speaking to them personally. But is this experience
of madness universal? A special report from India.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/minds/default.htm
From Medscape MedPulse:
Young Mothers' Marital Status Linked to Later Depression
Findings in the November/December issue of Child Development indicate that a young mother's
marital status may be more relevant to her chance of developing depression than her age, Health
Behavior News Service reported.
Mental Health Weekly 13(8) 2003
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/450055
Recognizing and Treating Depression in Young Children
Recent debate about the use of medication in very young children has sparked even more discussion
about our ability to correctly diagnose psychiatric disorders in this age group.
Brown University
Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter 19(3) 2003
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/flo/y/ha7l0EPJVR0D2s0FW3a0AG
Neuropsychology in Schizophrenia: An Update
from Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Anne L Hoff, William S Kremen
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449549
The latest issue (14th March 2003) of the National Rural Health Alliance E-Forum is online at http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/Index.Cfm?Category=EForum
A resource to engage families in talking about their strengths. Download Family & Children's
Service- Minneapolis newest publication, "How Can I Make My Family Even Stronger: Family Strengths
Toolkit" available at the link below:
http://www.famchildserv.org/FCI/FamilyStrengths.htm . Large PDF file.
TITLE: HELPING AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN IN TROUBLED TIMES
Family and Community Services Portfolio
URL: http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/MinCS.nsf/b9bf24f0f06605bdca2567140011b79c/f260
eefda3724896ca256cf4000c77b2?OpenDocument
SNIPPET: With military conflict commencing in Iraq Minister for Children and Youth Affairs,
Larry Anthony has written to national television news directors asking them to keep in mind
the impact graphic images of war can have on children.
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/hse/mhsa99-00/
From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, this publication describes the
characteristics and activity of Australia's mental health care services including ambulatory
and residential mental health-related care provided by hospitals, community-based services,
general practitioners, private psychiatrists and some disability support services. Detailed
statistics show hospital care of patients admitted with a mental health-related diagnosis, the
services, beds, staffing and expenditure in psychiatric hospitals and community-based services,
and mental health-related medications prescribed by general practitioners and private
psychiatrists. (Mental Health Series, no. 3)
From the Ministerial Council For Suicide Prevention Newsletter:
WEB LOG AVAILABLE The new suicide prevention web log or "blog" is now available. This link
provides access to publications of note, relating to suicide and suicide prevention.
http://suicideprevention.blogspot.com/
MAILING LIST The MCSP is developing a mailing list to build communication and consultation
networks. Joining the mailing list will ensure ongoing access to information and resource
materials. If you would like to join the MCSP click on the following link
http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/sp/contact/mailing.html
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