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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 #3.10 (10/06/2003)
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A summary of the recent media coverage concerning children of parents with a mental illness and information about resource material piloting are included in this fortnight's COPMI Project update. View here.
What?s On?
HELEN MAYO HOUSE - ONE DAY CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 23rd JULY 2003
Building Better Beginnings - A Great Start with Helen Mayo House
Download brochure (word doc).
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program is a 12 hour, 4 module course
that aims to educate on the most prevalent mental illnesses. Basic skills are
provided that enable assistance to be given when in the presence of someone
having an emotional & psychological crisis.
For further information on the Mental Health First Aid programs, locations,
times & fee structure, please contact Ingrid on 0414 458 964 or 03 9841 8040
or iozols@bigpond.net.au or
visit www.mhfa.com.au
Health Outcomes 2003: The Quest for Practice Improvement (Ninth Annual National
Conference on Health Outcomes, 20 - 21 August, Rydges Lakeside, Canberra)
The Conference Program can be viewed at:
http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/ahoc/2002/2003_Conference_Program.pdf.
(The conference website is at: http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/ahoc)
"Tides of Change - The Child, The Family and the Organisation"
Mater Child and Youth Mental Health 9th Annual Conference
Keynote speakers: Richard Eckersley, Hugh Crago and an E-Health panel. July
25th 2003, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Queensland Australia For
information: Telephone Julie-Anne Denner Administration Officer Mater CYMHS
on 07 38401640 or by e-mail Julie-Anne_Denner@mater.org.au
Mental Health News
Information and terms of reference relating to the Senate Inquiry into Medicare
being conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Medicare is available at
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/medicare_ctte/medtor.doc
The MHCA will be providing a submission responding to the Inquiry and
highlighting the impacts of the Medicare system (particularly bulk-billing) on
people with mental illness.
Closing date for the receipt of submissions to the Committee is 18 June 2003.
As such, any comments you may have would be appreciated by COB Monday 9
June 2003.
During April the ABC's 'Four Corners' screened a BBC program called 'Hazards of
the Happy Pill', which featured claims that the anti-depressant drug paroxetine
(branded as Aropax in Australia) may lead to aggression, self-harm and
difficulties withdrawing.
The screening prompted more than 1 000 calls to the SANE Helpline in the days
following the program, from viewers who were concerned by the claims. For your
information, a report, prepared by SANE's Executive Director, Barbara Hocking,
provides an analysis of a sample of 500 of these calls and describes the issues
raised by callers.
Download PDF of report.
The June edition of Western Youth is now available. Western Youth is a mental health promotion newsletter for those working with young people in the west and northwest region of Melbourne. Download PDF of newsletter.
The NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre has recently published a new
monograph:
Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia: Issues of Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Edited by Diane Barnes
This monograph, the ninth in the series Culture and Mental Health: Current
Issues in Transcultural Mental Health begins with a factual description of
Australia's refugee and humanitarian program. There are four chapters looking
at the vulnerability of asylum seekers in Australia: children and youth, holders
of temporary protection visas, and East Timorese women. There are also six
chapters that examine mental health challlenges for various refugee groups in
Australia : the Horn of Africa, Burma, Afghanistan, Iran and Bosnia.
You can phone the TMHC on (02) 9840 3800 and speak to the resource officer to
order a copy or go to our website: www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au.
Resources
ABC Health Updates - Transcript available
ABOUT A BOY (Australian Story: 26/05/03)
'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.
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s859860.htm
INVISIBLE CHILDREN - WHEN MUMMY OR DADDY HAS THE SAD SICKNESS (All In The
Mind: 25/05/2003)
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/s860629.htm
National Rural Health Alliance E-forum - 6 June 2003
In this issue:
* New AMA President
* www.mirrijini.com
* Two New Medical Schools and 234 Extra Medical Students
* Extracts from ABC Health-Updates
* World's First Online Hospital Reaches 1,000 Queensland Children
* Contribution and subscription information and disclaimer
http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/Index.Cfm?Category=EForum
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