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promoting mental health for young Australians
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News in Brief - Issue #3.18 (27/09/2003)
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AICAFMHA News
It's not too late to complete your membership application and subscribe as an AICAFMHA member! You receive a membership certificate, access to the AGM and voting, and a special 10% discount on ACER Press publications. In addition, you get to support us in supporting infant, child and adolescent mental health in Australia. Get a full list of benefits and your membership form.
Further to our announcement last issue of the forthcoming joint conference between AICAFMHA and TheMHS on the Gold Coast in 2004, we have placed a pre-registration form on the website for those of you who may not be in our database to add your details. Preliminary details about the conference and the pre-registration form are available.
The AICAFMHA Annual General Meeting will be held in Adelaide on Monday 20th October from 2.30pm at the Women's & Children's Hospital. AICAFMHA members are invited to attend if they wish. Please contact secretary@aicafmha.net.au or Sue Garvin 08 8132 0786 for details.
The COPMI Project update for this fortnight is now online. Previous updates can also be accessed here.
Looking for information about what's on? check out our Links section on the website for the latest international and national conferences. Add your own links to the database too! http://www.aicafmha.net.au/link/ .
What?s On?
Introducing an innovative one day symposium focusing on stronger
partnerships to achieve better outcomes for young people with mental health
issues.
Not Another Youth Conference: Foundations for Real Reform
Thursday 20 November
2003 8.30am - 7.30pm Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
Bringing together young people, practitioners, researchers and academics
from public health, drug and alcohol, community, arts, health promotion and
mental health sectors with the aim of creating a space for thinking and
discussion about young people and mental health. This symposium is
essential for anyone who has an interest in young people and mental health.
Go to http://www.orygen.org.au/ to download registration form.
Information about World Mental Health Day (October 10, 2003) activities is located at http://www.mhca.com.au/wmhd/ .
There are a number of activities that have been advertised for mental health
week.
Information about events and activities in Victoria can be found at the
following address: http://www.mentalhealthvic.org.au/mhw.asp
FOCUS, here at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK, is holding a
conference
on 25th November 2003, called 'The second Cambridge Conference on Teenage
Anorexia Nervosa'.
It takes place at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK.
http://www.focusproject.org.uk/
THE THIRD NSW ELDERLY SUICIDE PREVENTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
"WHAT'S RESILIENCE GOT TO DO WITH IT?"
7 November 2003, Carlton Hotel, Parramatta (Western Sydney)
6 November 2003, Westmead Hospital: Preconference presentations/workshops
This conference is VERY AFFORDABLE!!
Furthermore, if you book your early bird registration NOW you will SAVE!
Deadline is 30 September.
Email: espnconference@wsahs.nsw.gov.au or phone: 61 2 9840 4120 for details.
Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Mercure Hotel Sydney, on Broadway, Sydney
Friday 10th October, 2003.
REGISTRATION CLOSE 3rd October 2003
Contact Sandra Hoot OAM, E-mail: Sandra.Hoot@swsahs.nsw.gov.au for details.
View brochure.
Mental Health News
The Chair of the MHCA, Mr Keith Wilson has asked that you be alerted to the
sorry situation in WA with regard to the state government's funding cuts in
mental health services and that this stand does not spread infectiously to
other States and Territories.
View media release.
Look out for the Mental Health Council of Australia newsletter appearing soon at http://www.mhca.com.au/ .
UNICEF Innocenti Report Card No. 5
"A League Table of Child Maltreatment Deaths in Rich Nations"
The report addresses violence against children, child abuse and maltreatment
as central human rights questions and recalls the commitment undertaken at the
Special Session on Children to protect children from all forms of violence,
neglect and abuse.
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard5e.pdf
2 new Auseinet publications are now available online.
Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health: National
Consultation
Jennie Parham, Auseinet & Debra Rickwood, University of Canberra
http://www.auseinet.com/resources/auseinet/index.php#natconsrep
This report provides a description of a national consultation that was
undertaken in 2001-2002 to provide feedback on two companion national policy
documents - National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early
Intervention for Mental Health 2000 (Action Plan 2000) and Promotion,
Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health: A Monograph
(Monograph 2000). The consultation was undertaken as a partnership between
Auseinet, the states and territories, and the consultant writer of the
documents, Debra Rickwood. Auseinetter Issue 18
http://www.auseinet.com/resources/auseinet/netter18/
Resources
From ABE Health Updates:
THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH MAP
What's the state of health in YOUR state? The Australian Health Map gives you
the low-down on health in each state and territory in the country. With vital
statistics, details about health resources and links to stories and transcripts
across the ABC website, you can't afford not to have a look.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/healthmap/default.htm
WA HAS BEGUN MAKING CUTS TO HEALTH SERVICES (PM: 23/09/2003)
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s952170.htm
TRAVELS OF THE MIND - PART 1 (All In The Mind: 21/09/2003)
In the town of Geel in Belgium, St Dymphna is the patron saint of the mentally
ill. For centuries her legend has inspired this village's commitment to people
with mental illness. Families in the community foster people who would otherwise
live in psychiatric institutions. In the first of two programs, psychiatrist Dr
Raj Persaud takes us to meet a community with an open heart and mind.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s944140.htm
ALL IN THE MIND: Travels of the Mind - Part 2: Russian Psychiatry after
Communism Sunday 28 September, 1.05pm Radio National
Russian psychiatry was
once a tool of the State. In the eyes of the Kremlin there was a fine line
between political dissidence and mental illness and the country's mental
hospitals were isolating and perilous places, packed full. But today the
landscape is changing, with community care on the increase. Psychiatrist Dr Raj
Persaud reports from a country where psychiatry has considerably improved its
professional PR.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/
From MedScape MedPulse:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal Scan - August 2003
Several of the studies in this month's Journal Scan focus on violence, from
determining predictors for violent behavior to screening and treating PTSD.
Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health 8(2) 2003
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461124
Welcome Progress in the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD in Adolescence
The prognosis for teenagers with ADHD is better than ever, thanks to more
effective therapies and greater understanding of how the disorder manifests
itself in adolescence. Successful management hinges on an appropriate medication
regimen combined with academic and behavioral interventions.
Contemp Pediatr 20(8) 2003
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460591?mpid=18786
Family Education Improves Mood Stability in Bipolar Patients
When the families of patients with bipolar disorder type I are involved in an
intensive family-focused therapy program, patients on maintenance treatment have
longer periods of sustained remission and less severe mood symptoms.
Reuters Health Information 2003
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461383?mpid=18786
Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder - Expert Review
Pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) is a complicated and heterogeneous disorder
that is often misunderstood and misclassified. Dr. Boris Birmaher and Dr. David
Axelson, from the University of Pittsburgh, review current treatments available
for BPD.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/458702
Adverse Effects From Antidepressants for Bipolar Treatment Are Common in
Children
A new study suggests that antidepressants for the treatment of bipolar symptoms
cause adverse effects in more than three quarters of children within the first
4 months of treatment.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/457339
Welcome to rtcUpdates for September 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.
** DATA TRENDS--Recent Research Summaries
Contents include:
* Family-centered practice: How social workers view parents of children with
emotional and behavioral disorders (#82)
* Explaining the Gap Between Mental Health Need and Service Use (#81)
* Impact of Support on Adolescent Mental Health (#80)
* Adolescent Help-Seeking Behavior: Role of the Internet (#77)
* Evaluating systems of care for youth: Effectiveness, equity and efficiency (#75)
** FROM THE WEB--Online Information and Sites of Interest
There are some excellent articles in this edition relevant to educators,
juvenile justice, child welfare as well as mental health workers.
View here.
"Canadian Children's Exposure to Violence: What it Means for Parents"
The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) and Family Service Canada
(FSC), September 2003
Available online at:
· Summary Report (PDF file, 20pp.) at
http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2003/violence/summary_violence.pdf
· Full Report (PDF file, 100pp.) at
http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2003/violence/ccsd_violence.pdf
Young Media Australia's Movie Review Service is proving immensely popular with Australian parents and caregivers. We now have about 70 reviews on our website (www.youngmedia.org.au) and are in the process of updating the list with the most recent school holiday releases. The Movie Review Service information is, of course, also available by ringing the Young Media Australia Helpline 1800 700 357, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with Telephone Interpreter Service available.
A child in detention: dilemmas faced by health professionals.
Karen J Zwi, Brenda Herzberg, David Dossetor and Jyotsna Field.
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): 319-322.
National Rural Health Alliance E-forum - 26 September 2003
In this issue:
* 1st NSW Rural Allied Health Professionals Conference 'Sharing Innovations
in Rural Allied Health'
* Suicide prevention Website
* Advance Notice - HR Conference 2003
* AIHW reports
* The future sustainability of general practice?
* Extract from ABC Health-Updates
* Building More Resilient Regions
* Register now for Regional Communications Forum
Online at http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/Index.Cfm?Category=EForum .
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