Position Vacant: Auseinet Suicide Prevention Officer
The Project Officer – Suicide Prevention is responsible for developing a resource or set of resources that provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of the learnings derived from projects funded by the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
This position is full time for a period of six months.
For more information go to:http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/pdf/05214.pdf
26 July 2005
25 July 2005
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION TO BE ESTABLISHED
A new Youth Mental Health Foundation to better assist young Australians who suffer from mental illness is to be established by the Australian Government.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said the foundation would provide a national, coordinated focus on youth mental health and related drug and alcohol problems in Australia.
The foundation will be funded under the $69 million 2005–2006 Promoting Better Mental Health Budget initiative.
“One in four young Australians suffer from mental illness in any one year and three-quarters of all mental health problems begin before the age of 25,” Mr Pyne said.
“When left untreated, mental health problems like depression and anxiety may lead to alcohol and substance abuse, and up to half of young people with these problems directly attribute them to untreated or poorly treated mental health concerns.”
The new foundation would provide a centre of excellence to promote evidence-based practice in youth mental health and related drug and alcohol problems and will foster community awareness of youth mental health issues and promote young people’s help-seeking behaviour.
It would also administer a local grants program to help coordinate services for young people with mental health problems and develop and disseminate evidence-based education and training resources for GPs and other service providers working with young people.
“The Youth Mental Health Foundation will improve access for young people with mental health and drug and alcohol problems to appropriate services and ensure better coordination between services,” Mr Pyne said.
The Department of Health and Ageing will call for expressions of interest from organisations or consortia to establish and operate the new foundation in the coming weeks.
This initiative reflects the Australian Government’s commitment to improving the mental health of young people.
Media contact: Adam Howard 0400 414 833
A new Youth Mental Health Foundation to better assist young Australians who suffer from mental illness is to be established by the Australian Government.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said the foundation would provide a national, coordinated focus on youth mental health and related drug and alcohol problems in Australia.
The foundation will be funded under the $69 million 2005–2006 Promoting Better Mental Health Budget initiative.
“One in four young Australians suffer from mental illness in any one year and three-quarters of all mental health problems begin before the age of 25,” Mr Pyne said.
“When left untreated, mental health problems like depression and anxiety may lead to alcohol and substance abuse, and up to half of young people with these problems directly attribute them to untreated or poorly treated mental health concerns.”
The new foundation would provide a centre of excellence to promote evidence-based practice in youth mental health and related drug and alcohol problems and will foster community awareness of youth mental health issues and promote young people’s help-seeking behaviour.
It would also administer a local grants program to help coordinate services for young people with mental health problems and develop and disseminate evidence-based education and training resources for GPs and other service providers working with young people.
“The Youth Mental Health Foundation will improve access for young people with mental health and drug and alcohol problems to appropriate services and ensure better coordination between services,” Mr Pyne said.
The Department of Health and Ageing will call for expressions of interest from organisations or consortia to establish and operate the new foundation in the coming weeks.
This initiative reflects the Australian Government’s commitment to improving the mental health of young people.
Media contact: Adam Howard 0400 414 833
22 July 2005
Outcome Evaluation of a Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention in an American Indian Tribal
Nation Philip A May, Patricia Serna, Lance Hurt, Lemyra M DeBruyn.
American Journal of Public Health Washington:Jul 2005. Vol. 95, Iss. 7, p. 1238-1244 (7 pp.)
May et al evaluated the efficacy of 15 years of a public health-oriented suicidal-behavior prevention program among youths living on an American Indian reservation. Data from this community-based approach document a remarkable downward trend--measured by both magnitude and temporal trends in the specifically targeted age cohorts--in suicidal acts.
Nation Philip A May, Patricia Serna, Lance Hurt, Lemyra M DeBruyn.
American Journal of Public Health Washington:Jul 2005. Vol. 95, Iss. 7, p. 1238-1244 (7 pp.)
May et al evaluated the efficacy of 15 years of a public health-oriented suicidal-behavior prevention program among youths living on an American Indian reservation. Data from this community-based approach document a remarkable downward trend--measured by both magnitude and temporal trends in the specifically targeted age cohorts--in suicidal acts.
Suicide Postvention: Dr Frank Campbell.
A collaborative approach to suicide prevention. Lifeline has invited American expert Dr Frank Campbell to Australia to conduct a workshop titled "Sudden and traumatic loss – the aftermath of suicide, the benefits of an active postvention approach" to assist practitioners and those working in the area of suicide prevention. Dr Campbell is the Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, the Crisis Center Foundation and is a past president of the American Association of Suicidology. His workshops will focus on a collaborative community approach for suicide bereavement, offering participants the opportunity to discuss strategies to advance active postvention services in Australia, and the necessary partnerships required to ensure its sustainability. For further information and registration go to http://www.lifeline.org.au/pages/frank_campbell.php
A collaborative approach to suicide prevention. Lifeline has invited American expert Dr Frank Campbell to Australia to conduct a workshop titled "Sudden and traumatic loss – the aftermath of suicide, the benefits of an active postvention approach" to assist practitioners and those working in the area of suicide prevention. Dr Campbell is the Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, the Crisis Center Foundation and is a past president of the American Association of Suicidology. His workshops will focus on a collaborative community approach for suicide bereavement, offering participants the opportunity to discuss strategies to advance active postvention services in Australia, and the necessary partnerships required to ensure its sustainability. For further information and registration go to http://www.lifeline.org.au/pages/frank_campbell.php
New Directory
There is a new web-based Directory on the DCD website that provides information about initiatives, projects and programs that strengthen communities and families to ultimately keep women and children safe. It was developed as part of the Promoting Strong Children, Strong Families, Strong Communities project.
Please check the Directory at www.promotingstrongcommunities.wa.gov.au or through the DCD website
The Directory is intended to provide information that will be useful to the community. So, please circulate this through your networks.
If you are aware of initiatives that could be listed, please email indigenous@community.wa.gov.au which is the address listed on the directory or complete the form attached and send it in to that address. Similarly if there are corrections or changes please advise that address. The better the coverage and quality of the information, the more useful it will be.
There is a new web-based Directory on the DCD website that provides information about initiatives, projects and programs that strengthen communities and families to ultimately keep women and children safe. It was developed as part of the Promoting Strong Children, Strong Families, Strong Communities project.
Please check the Directory at www.promotingstrongcommunities.wa.gov.au or through the DCD website
The Directory is intended to provide information that will be useful to the community. So, please circulate this through your networks.
If you are aware of initiatives that could be listed, please email indigenous@community.wa.gov.au which is the address listed on the directory or complete the form attached and send it in to that address. Similarly if there are corrections or changes please advise that address. The better the coverage and quality of the information, the more useful it will be.
MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 2005
9th October – 15th October
“Everybody has it. MENTAL HEALTH. How do YOU treat it?”
As usual, WAAMH will coordinate an Events Calendar detailing what is happening around the state. It is important that you let us know what you are doing for your Mental Health Week event so it can be placed in the Calendar and circulated statewide. Event Registrations forms will be available on the website (www.waamh.org.au) or look out for it attached to one of these bulletins.
Something a little bit different this year, there will be an opportunity for you to have your logo placed on the Calendar of Events for 2005. The information on where and when to send you logo will be on the Event Registration form.
9th October – 15th October
“Everybody has it. MENTAL HEALTH. How do YOU treat it?”
As usual, WAAMH will coordinate an Events Calendar detailing what is happening around the state. It is important that you let us know what you are doing for your Mental Health Week event so it can be placed in the Calendar and circulated statewide. Event Registrations forms will be available on the website (www.waamh.org.au) or look out for it attached to one of these bulletins.
Something a little bit different this year, there will be an opportunity for you to have your logo placed on the Calendar of Events for 2005. The information on where and when to send you logo will be on the Event Registration form.
14 July 2005
THE HEALTH REPORT:
Awareness of mental illness among young Australians Monday 11 July, 8.30am, Radio National This week on the Health Report: Increasing the knowledge of mental health issues by young people may help in getting the benefits of early treatment.
Researchers in Melbourne conducted a study to investigate young people's ability to recognise clinical depression and psychosis. They surveyed just over 1,200 young people. Almost half of them were able to identify depression correctly and only a quarter identified psychosis correctly.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/
Awareness of mental illness among young Australians Monday 11 July, 8.30am, Radio National This week on the Health Report: Increasing the knowledge of mental health issues by young people may help in getting the benefits of early treatment.
Researchers in Melbourne conducted a study to investigate young people's ability to recognise clinical depression and psychosis. They surveyed just over 1,200 young people. Almost half of them were able to identify depression correctly and only a quarter identified psychosis correctly.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/
08 July 2005
THE HEALTH REPORT
Awareness of mental illness among young Australians
Monday 11 July, 8.30am, Radio National
Increasing the knowledge of mental health issues by young people may help in getting the benefits of early treatment.
Researchers in Melbourne conducted a study to investigate young people's ability to recognise clinical depression and psychosis. They surveyed just over 1,200 young people. Almost half of them were able to identify depression correctly and only a quarter identified psychosis correctly.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/
SECOND OPINION: Depression
Tuesday 12 July, 6.30pm, ABC TV
The week on Second Opinion, does kinesiology provide an answer for depression? And how can natural hormones help menopausal women? Judy is joined on the panel by Maxine Blackaby, Dr Madeleine Lovell and Dr Jennie Jackson.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/secondopinion/
Awareness of mental illness among young Australians
Monday 11 July, 8.30am, Radio National
Increasing the knowledge of mental health issues by young people may help in getting the benefits of early treatment.
Researchers in Melbourne conducted a study to investigate young people's ability to recognise clinical depression and psychosis. They surveyed just over 1,200 young people. Almost half of them were able to identify depression correctly and only a quarter identified psychosis correctly.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/
SECOND OPINION: Depression
Tuesday 12 July, 6.30pm, ABC TV
The week on Second Opinion, does kinesiology provide an answer for depression? And how can natural hormones help menopausal women? Judy is joined on the panel by Maxine Blackaby, Dr Madeleine Lovell and Dr Jennie Jackson.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/secondopinion/