13th International mental health conference

• Date:

  6 - 8 August 2012

• Location:

  Surfers Paradise, Queensland

• Category:

  Some Indigenous content

Overview

The conference will focus on the complex mental issues affecting the elderly including depression, dementia, delirium, paranoid disorders and anxiety. It will also explore the mental health issues of young Australians (aged 18 - 24 years) struggling with schizophrenia, depression, suicidal thoughts, bipolar, anxiety disorders and drug use and drug induced psychosis. With 7% of Australian children and adolescents (aged 0 - 17 years) experiencing mental health problems and only one in four receiving professional health care, a positive change is long overdue.

The conference will focus on:

• state, federal and international initiatives addressing mental health needs
• planning and initiatives of the COAG task force
• research validation of early intervention strategies and treatments for drug induced psychosis, trauma and depression
• research validated treatments designed to facilitate recovery, particularly in the areas of depression and trauma
• initiatives and best practice in suicide prevention
• examine and critically review the effectiveness of preventive approaches used in the field of mental health.

Contacts

Angela Stuart
Conference Secretariat
Ph: (07) 5502 2068
Email: conference@anzmh.asn.au

The Conference Office
C/- ANZMHA
PO Box 29
Nerang QLD 4211
Ph: (07) 5502 2068
Fax: (07) 5527 3298

Links

• View information: 13th International mental health conference