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3rd Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference
To be held at the Mercure, Ballarat November 14-16 2011.
You are invited to join us in November 2011 when we will examine the
impacts & Outcomes of social, financial and environments issues on Mental
Health patients and their Service Providers in Rural & Remote communities in
Australia.
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WINDS OF CHANGE:
New Perspectives on
Rural and Remote Mental Health
• Policy initiatives
• Primary interventions
• Promoting recovery
• Preventing relapse
The symposium will explore new perspectives within the P4 parameters by way of individual symposium papers, keynote presentations, and workshops.
• Policy initiatives: This stream will focus on State, Federal and International initiatives addressing rural and remote mental health needs. Forward planning initiatives will be explored in the area of community resilience, indigenous mental health, service access and climate change and their impact on rural and remote communities.
• Primary interventions: This stream will focus on research into early intervention strategies and treatments for mental health issues, depression, anxiety and trauma, across the great diversity of our rural and remote communities.
• Promoting recovery: This stream will focus on evidence based treatments designed to facilitate recovery, particularly in the areas affected by climate change, with a focus towards depression, suicide and trauma.
• Preventing relapse: This stream will explore research into relapse prevention strategies principally in the areas of depression, suicide and trauma.
"THANK YOU"
It was a fantastic few days. I must say I have been too many
conferences in my 20 years working in community services and this would
have to be one of the best organised and friendly. Please pass on
my congratulations to all.
Coralanne Walker (Executive Officer,
Kentish Regional Clinic Inc)
2nd Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health from AST Management on Vimeo.
David Crosbie Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium from AST Management on Vimeo.
Using this template the Symposium streams will address;
• Trauma, anxiety, depression and suicide (policy, primary interventions, promoting recovery, preventing relapse).
• Service accessibility, delivery and networks in rural mental health
• Indigenous mental health issues, from policy to treatment delivery
• Community resilience following natural disasters
• Government policies and initiatives
• Building capacity through NGO and clinical partnerships.
I invite you to participate in our symposium and join me, together with the symposium committee, in learning from our keynote speakers and their analyses of our responses to the effects of climate change on rural and remote communities, and in particular how health professionals can help communities deal with the impacts of climate change and the increased incidence of depression and suicide.
 I look forward to seeing you in Sydney at the 2nd Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium.
Dr Norm Barling
Conference Chair
Delegates will include;
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Academics
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Allied Health Professionals
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Carers
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Clinicians
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Commonwealth Government
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Community representatives
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Counsellors
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Educational Institutions
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General Practitioners
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Local/State/Governments
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Emergency Service / Defence / Police / Volunteer personnel
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Policy Makers
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Non-government organisations
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Nurses
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Workers in the provision of rural mental health services
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Public health services
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Private health services
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Private practitioners
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Psychologists
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Psychiatrists
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Researchers
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Social Workers
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Rehabilitation Consultants
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Health Professionals
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Confirmed Speakers Include
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Prof Mark Creamer Director - Australian Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Prof Vaughan Carr School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's HospitalCEO & Scientific Director
Schizophrenia Research Institute
Mr David Crosbie CEO - Mental Health Council of Australia
Prof
Alison Yung
Professor/Consultant
Psychiatrist, Orygen Research Centre and The University
of Melbourne
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A/Prof. David Pierce
Director - University Dept of Rural Health School of Rural Health , The University of Melbourne
Prof Richard Bryant Scientia Professor, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
Mr Len Kanowski
Area Coordinator, Aboriginal Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services, Greater Western Area Health Service, NSW Health
A/Prof James Bennett-Levy
A/Prof Mental Health, Sydney
University's Northern Rivers Dept of Rural Health
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The Symposium will consist of keynote presentations and submitted papers that will be presented in three streams, presenters will be allocated a stream at time of publication.
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