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AICAFMHA E-News in Brief Issue #3.09

News in Brief - Issue #3.09 (24/05/2003)

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AICAFMHA News

A brief reminder that the COPMI Project 'Principles and Actions for People and Services Working with Children of Parents with a Mental Illness' draft document is available for download from the AICAFMHA site.

Two features on ABC radio this week are listed below in the Resources section. They relate to children of parents with a mental illness - Sunday 25 May (repeated Wed 28 May) and Monday 26 May.

What?s On?

From the MHCA:
A revised schedule of public hearing dates occurring around Australia in relation to the Productivity Commission's Inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Act.
View here.

9th World Infant Mental Health Congress,
MELBOURNE, January 14 to 17, 2004
Abstracts need to be submitted in writing or electronically by: May 30th, 2003.
The Call for Papers is also available on line at www.waimh.org

1st Mental Health & Wellness Ecology Conference
"Mental Health Ecology for the 21st Century"
30 September - 2 October 2003
University of New England
Armidale NSW Australia
To learn more about the conference, to submit an abstract or to register, please visit http://www.une.edu.au/campus/confco/mhc/

9th International Health Summer School held at QUT, November 2003,
http://www.hlth.qut.edu.au/ph/international/summer_school.jsp
Of particular interest is the Lifecourse Perspectives Program which is being convened by Dr Jan Nicholson.

ASSISI 2003: YOUNG PEOPLE AND VALUES, International Conference
Assisi, Italy, October 23-25 2003
Tenth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Youth Rights and Duties
CALL FOR PAPERS, DEADLINE: August 31, 2003
Details at http://www.adolescence.it/portale/ .

Mental Health News

The first e-newsletter of INTERCAMHS, the International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (INTERCAMHS), May, 2003 has been released. View here.

rtcUpdates for May 2003!
rtcUpdates are brought to you by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health. Subscribers to rtcUpdates receive occasional email messages from the RTC containing information about the RTC's recent research, publications and other activities, as well as information about developments in the field of Children's Mental Health.
View.

The conference proceedings for the 2002 QUT International Health Summer School Course 'Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: From Evidence to Policy' is available on the homepage of the Summer School website:
http://www.hlth.qut.edu.au/ph/international/summer_school.jsp

A reminder that the Consultation Paper for the Development of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing 2004-2009 is available for comment. Responses due 30 May 2003.
The Consultation Paper and feedback form is available online at: http://www.health.gov.au/oatsih/pubs/conspaper.htm

The National Rural Health Alliance E-forum online at http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/Index.Cfm?Category=EForum

Resources

From ABC Health Updates:
Transcript: PROFESSOR FIONA STANLEY (Enough Rope: 19/05/2003)
Amazingly, the current Australian of the Year hasn't won a grand slam, an Ashes test or Olympic gold. Fiona Stanley is actually a Professor, she's from Perth, and what she has to say about the way we raise our children should really be in the headlines.
http://www.abc.net.au/enoughrope/stories/s858518.htm
Andrew Denton on the show: "I'm going to set you a challenge. You've heard what Fiona's had to say. There probably couldn't be a more critical issue to Australia's future. If you are interested in designing a 30-second television ad- a community service announcement so we could show it on the ABC as well- contact us at 'Enough Rope' and we'll work with you to create an ad that you can use as a community service campaign to raise awareness." Details at http://www.abc.net.au/enoughrope/stories/s858226.htm - closes June 6.

** ALL IN THE MIND: Invisible Children: Mummy has the Sad Sickness
Sunday 25 May, 1pm, Radio National Small children frequently take on a carer role well before they're ready for it, and their needs remain invisible to adult mental health workers and even to other family members. Many parents are frightened to disclose that they have children for fear that they'll be taken away. What are the critical issues and efforts in Australia to put children's experiences at the fore?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/default.htm

** AUSTRALIAN STORY: About a Boy
Monday, 26 May, 8pm, Radio National
'About a Boy' is the 'Seven Up' style story of 15-year-old Dan Halloran. Dan's life was first documented when he was a nine-year-old growing up in a household dominated by his mother's schizophrenia. Now, on the verge of adulthood, Dan has helped write a book to try to assist other families going through similar experiences. In doing so he has kept a promise and fulfilled his mother's last wish. There will be an internet forum after the program.
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/default.htm

From Medscape MedPulse:
Journal Scan - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Examine findings on service use and costs generated by a Medicaid population of youth diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, and several studies on teen suicide.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/453543

Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia, 1991-2000: trend analysis
Wayne D Hall, Andrea Mant, Philip B Mitchell, Valerie A Rendle, Ian B Hickie, and Peter McManus
BMJ 2003;326 1008
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7397/1008?etoc

Mental Health Library News May 2003
Articles and papers of interest to Child and Adolescent Mental Health workers and related fields can be found at the following links:
E-journals: http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/menthealth/ejnl.html
Ch & Ad Mental Health: http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/menthealth/child.html
Consumer Info: http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/menthealth/consumer.html
Evidence base: http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/menthealth/evidence.html
Practice: http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/menthealth/guidelines.html

Article of interest:
Young offenders face greater risk of death
Victoria's young offenders are more likely to die of drug overdose, suicide and accidents than any other group, according to research that suggests the juvenile justice system is failing children in its care.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7398/1064?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Patton&searchid
=1053427886890_5311&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2003&resourcetype=
1,2,3,4,10&journalcode=bmj