TheMHS 2013 summer forum

• Date:

  21 - 22 February 2013

• Location:

  Sydney, New South Wales

• Category:

  Some Indigenous content

Overview

The experience of poor physical health and inadequate access to care is a significant problem for people living with mental illness. The mental health services (TheMHS) 2013 summer forum aims to raise the profile of this issue, deepen our collective understandings, and highlight innovative service responses.

The forum will bring together leading experts - clinicians, researchers, consumers, and families to address the crisis of poor physical health among people living with psychosis and other severe and enduring mental illness.

It will call for an evidence-based holistic approach to prevention and treatment that links body and mind. A number of crucial questions will be addressed, including:

• What is the latest evidence on how medications and their side-effects contribute to poor physical health and what can be done to minimise this impact?
• How does poor physical health affect quality of life for consumers and their families?
• What role does a healthy lifestyle play in recovery from mental illness?
• What does the recent Australian Survey of high impact psychosis tell us about the physical health of those living with psychotic disorders?
• How should we approach smoking and mental health?
• How do we improve co-ordination of care across the physical and mental health care sectors?
• What new and innovative interventions are available to manage and prevent chronic physical conditions for people living with mental illness?

Contacts

TheMHS Conference
PO Box 192
Balmain NSW 2041
Ph: (02) 9810 8700
Fax: (02) 9810 8733
Email: info@themhs.org

Links

• View information: TheMHS 2013 summer forum
• View website: The Mental Health Services Conference