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           Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Queensland - Wednesday 18th August - Friday 20th August 2010

    PROGRAM

   Wednesday 18th August 2010

12.00 - 1.00pm

Registration - Level 2 Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise

 
 

Boulevard 1

 

Optional Workshop:  $99 for registered delegates

 

1.00 - 3.00pm

Workshop 1

Dr John Clarkson

 

Anxiety & Depression Update 2010: The Mind-Body Connection Revisited

3.00 - 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 5.00pm

Workshop Continued

 
   

 Thursday 19th August 2010

8.00 - 8.45am

Registration - Level 2 Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise

8:45 - 9:00am

Official Conference Welcome

   Opening Chair: Laura Kennan

9.00 - 9.45am

Keynote Address: The Honourable Jeff Kennett - beyondblue

9.45 - 10.30am

Prof Graham Martin - Management of Depression in Young Adults - Do we know what we are doing?

10.30 -11.00am

  Morning Tea

11.00 - 11.45am

Prof Nicholas Allen - The new science of adolescent development: What can it tell us about adolescent depression?

11.45 - 12.30pm

Dr Adam Guastella - Developing biological and psychological approaches to enhance learning in the treatment of anxiety

12.30 - 1.30pm

  Lunch

 

Boulevard 1

Boulevard 2

Boulevard 3

Palm 1

 

Chair: Derek Foster

Chair: Dr Cathy Kezelman

Chair: Lauri Andriske

Chair: Melinda Stanners

1.30 - 2.00pm

Jenny Tohotoa - Project manager, School of public health, WA

Chris Mackey - Principal Psychologist, Chris Mackey and Associates, VIC

Dr David Codyre - Clinical Director, ProCare Health NZ, Boris Sokratov - Campaign Manager, Out of the Blue Depression Campaign Mental Health Foundation, NZ & Mike King - Host, "The Nutters Club" Mental Health Foundation of NZ

Dr Samara McPhedran - Senior Research Analyst, Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, ACT

 

Paternal anxiety reduced postpartum with father inclusive practices

Treatment evaluation outcomes for clients seen in a group private psychology practice through the Better Access (Medicare rebate) scheme

The Nutters Club - An innovative approach to promoting mental health awareness and wellbeing, with a particular focus on men, utilising talkback radio and facebook as media

Disability, regional living, and mental health: does social participation really make a difference?

2.00 - 2.30pm

Tracey Sloan - Team Manager, Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA

Dr Morton Rawlin - Vice President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, VIC

Gavin Foster - Manager/Psychiatric Nurse, Primary Mental Health Team , VIC

Lara Keogh - Senior Clinical Psychologist, Sydney South Area Health Service, NSW

 

A Socially Sensitive CBT-Based Model For Working With Anxiety And Depression Where There Is A History Of (Past) Interpersonal Violence And Abuse

 GP Psych Support Service  Navigating and connecting within the mental health service system

Cardiac Depression Collaborative Australia: a Strategy to Improve Screening and Management of Depression in Cardiac Settings

2.30 - 3.00pm

Dr Jean Tinney - Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute, VIC

Greg Eustace - Principal Advisor - Emergency Management Division of the Chief Health Officer Queensland Health, Qld

Ravi Lulla - International Counselor, University of Melbourne, VIC & Gabrielle Perversi, Counsellor , University of Melbourne, VIC

Dr Julaine Allan - Senior Research Fellow, The Lyndon Community, NSW

 

Depression in older age: A Scoping Study

Responding to the Human – Social Impact of Disasters

Development of  Break Free from Anxiety workshop (2006-2010)  for university students with moderate to high presentation of anxiety

Management of depression and anxiety by non-clinical drug and alcohol services: An example from a rural Therapeutic Community

3.00 - 3.30pm

  Afternoon Tea       

 

Boulevard 1

Boulevard 2

Boulevard 3

Palm 1

 

Chair: Gay Toohey

Chair: Laura Scott

Chair: Prof Kuruvilla George

Chair: Dr Nikola Tomic

3.30 - 4.00pm

Dr Pieter Rossouw - Director, Quest Care, QLD

Dr Cathy Kezelman -Chairperson of ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse), NSW

Dr Angelo Cacciato - General Practitioner, Waikanae Health Centre, NZ

Zhila Javidi - Team Leader/lecturer/clinician, Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders, SA

 

Neurobiology and the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders. How Talking Therapies Change the Brain

Identifying and addressing the underlying trauma

 

The Human Givens: A new approach to emotional health and clear thinking

Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Adults with Anxiety and Depressive Disorders with a History of Childhood Maltreatment and/or Neglect

4.00 - 4.30pm

Prof Keith Kennett - Managing Director, Life 'Be in It' Education,  NSW

Sharon Jenks - GP Mental Health Nurse, Mackay Division of General Practice, QLD

Danielle Hagarty -  Researcher leisure, sport & tourism, University of Technology, NSW
 & Dr Janet Currie - Senior Lecturer, Education, UTS, NSW

Derek Foster - Community Suport Worker, Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice, QLD

The Power of Positive Action (c): Action-centered therapy(c) is a new approach to depression and anxiety

G. P. Mental Health Nursing: Making Better Connections

 

Exercise as Therapy for HSC Stress: Who, What, Where, When and How?

Song Story - Building Strengths Through Music

4.30 - 5.00pm

Sue Ricketts - Counsellor, Anxiety Support Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ & Paula Rountree -  Administrator, Mental Health Education & Resource Centre, NZ

Toni Garretty - Area Coordinator, SESIAHS, NSW

Dr Liz Temple - Lecturer in Psychology, University of New England, NSW

Dr Kimberly Fu - Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, TAIWAN

  From Whoa to Go:  Strategies for effective anxiety management from a peer support perspective

"When Depression Hits Families and Carers" - who cares for the carers

 

Chained to the Past, Living in the Present, or Focusing on the Future: The Relationship between Time Perspective and Psychological Well-Being and Distress

Developing alternative intercultural thinking strategies for midlife mental health in the Asia-Pacific Region

 

5.00 - 5.30pm

Suzi Keser - Intern Psychologist, The Australian National University, ACT

Lauri Andriske - Carer Support Co-ordinator, Princess Alexandra hospital, Mental Health Service, QLD

Kimina Andersen - Project Manager Qld Health & Dr Edward Heffernan - Clinical Director, Qld Forensic Mental Health Service, QLD

 

The psychosocial work environment and perceived stress and depression in a sample of government employees

"Caring  in crisis and for the long haul" - Who supports the carers in the mental health recovery of a friend or family member?

Inside Out The Mental Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Custody

 

 

 

5.30 - 7.00pm

Welcome Cocktail Function (included in all full registrations) - Holiday Inn, Exibition Area

 Friday 20th August 2010

 

Boulevard 1

Boulevard 2

Boulevard 3

Palm 1

 

Chair: Boris Sokratov

Chair: Jenny Tohotoa

Chair: Tracey Sloan

Chair: Dr Jean Tinney

7.30 - 8.30am

Registration

8.30 - 9.00am

Therese Fitzpatrick - National Workplace Program Manager, beyondblue, VIC

Sr Rosalind Cairns - Director Mental Healthcare Chaplaincy, Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria.Inc, VIC

Gay Toohey - Psychologist/Guidance Officer, Education Queensland, QLD

Chaplain Rob Sutherland - Directorate of Mental Health, Department of Defence, ACT
 

Innovations in enhancing employment outcomes – addressing mental health at an industry and organisational level

 

Living with Meaninglessness – The lived experience of Spirituality in the context of Depression

 

The Roma District Spectrum Plan-Using community consultation in a remote community to reduce suicide

Overcoming barriers to accessing and effectively using care – Australian Defence Force (ADF) Chaplains facilitating mental health care

9.00 - 9.30am

Melinda Stanners - Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, University of Adelaide, SA

Laura Scott - Coordinator EDRS, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, NSW

Zhila Javidi - Team Leader/lecturer/clinician, Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders, SA

Etty Matalon - National Clinical Training Manager, Workforce Development Team, NSW

 

Detection and Management of Depression in Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions

The impact of regular cannabis and methamphetamine use on mental health among regular ecstasy users. Laura Scott, Amanda Roxburgh, Lucy Burns

Specialist Mental Health and Women’s Health: Working in Partnership to Promote and Provide Better Management of Anxiety and Depression

ACCU: The Adolescent Cannabis Check-up

 

9.30 - 10.00am

A/Prof Stephen Matthey - Research Director, Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, NSW

Elizabeth Fraser - Senior Social Work Clinician, Primary Mental Health Team, Eastern Health, VIC

Sonja Skocic - Psychologist, Reconnexion, VIC

Prof Kuruvilla George - Director of Aged Persons Mental Health, Aged Persons Mental Health, VIC

 

Depression and anxiety in women during pregnancy: the validity of diagnostic criteria, and the overlap with a clinically appropriate question

Life Links- enhancing the   wellbeing and social  connectedness of people at risk of developing depression after the onset of cardiac illness

Attachment theory and it's relevance to understanding the experience of Social Phobia

 

Barriers to care for depressed older people: Perceptions of aged care professionals

10.00 - 10.30am

Dr Nikola Tomic - Medical Psychology Specialist, NSW

Dr Lara Farrell - School of Psychology, Qld

 

 

 

Mental Health Parity - Are mental disorders hidden physical diseases of the brain and the nervous system?

Treatment of paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): applications of CBT from treatment naïve to severe and refractory OCD

 

 

10.30 - 11.00am

  Morning Tea

 Closing Chair: Prof Keith Kennett

11.00 - 11.45am

Ms Barbara Hocking - SANE initiatives for people affected by anxiety and depression

11.45 - 12.30pm

Prof Kathy Griffiths - Eliza to E-couch: Online self help solutions to depression and anxiety

12.30 - 1.30pm

  Lunch

1.30 - 2.15pm

Laura Kennan - Supporting health professionals in their work with suicidal clients

2.15 - 3.00pm

Dr Nicole Highet - beyondblue: A national response to tackling depression and anxiety in Australia

3.00 - 3.15pm

Official Close of Conference

3.15 - 3:45pm

  Afternoon Tea       

 

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