6th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium Program Wednesday 12th November 2014 8.00am 8.45am

Registration

Room: Auditorium Chair: Keith Miller 8:45am 9:00am

Welcome to Country: Denise McGrath, Wiradjuri Elder Opening Address: Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University Learning from Listening: Ideas for Improving Mental Health Services in Country Australia

9.00am 9.30am

Senator Penny Wright The Greens A contributing life: workforce and specific challenges for regional, rural and remote Australia

9.30am 10.00am

Mr David Butt CEO, National Mental Health Commission 2012-14: two years down the track’ - the transformative power of organisational positivity

10:00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am

Ms Rebecca Graham Executive Director, Mental Health, Country Health South Australia Local Health Network Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room

Room: Auditorium Chair: Chris Healey Challenges and joys of rural and remote mental health: practitioner perspectives 11.00am 11.30am

Associate Professor Russell Roberts National Chair, Alliance for Rural and Remote Mental Health

Development of non-government services in clinical community mental health recovery in regional New South Wales 11.30am 12.00pm

Mr Arthur Papakotsias Chief Executive Officer, Neami National Inner city team marbles challenge: will it work in the bush?

12.00pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 1.30pm

Mr Douglas Holmes Consumer Participation Coordinator, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room Working in Partnerships Room: Auditorium

1.30pm 1.50pm

1.52pm 2.12pm

Recovery Oriented Practice Room: Stanley A

Cultural Engagement: working with Aboriginal people Room: Waratah Room

Open Topic Room: Banksia A

Mental Health and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Recovery: “Then, Now & How"

Giving back without taking away. Achieving better mental health outcomes through Aboriginal influence on community programs

ADF post-discharge GP health assessment

Ms Liz Ruck, Policy Officer, Mental Health Council of Australia

Ms Kylie Ryan, Service Manager, Bay of Isles Community Outreach Inc Indianna Cronin, Youth Ambassador, Esperance Youth Events

Mr Graham Custance, Community Development Manager, Care Connect

Prof Richard Reed, Head of Discipline, General Practice, Flinders University Mr Matthew Jackson, Director, Service Reform and Policy, Mental and Social Health Branch, Department of Veterans' Affairs

A practical exploration of the development of a community owned indicators framework

Examining the potential for peer support work to enhance recoveryoriented practice

Providing culturally appropriate mental health first aid to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander adolescent

Finding connection through short film art

Ms Marguerite Schwager, Manager of Policy and Practice Integration, Good Beginnings Australia

Prof Mel Gray, Professor of Social Work, University of Newcastle Dr Kate Davies, Research Associate, University of Newcastle Mr Luke Butcher, Area Manager - Upper Hunter and Wester, Mission Australia

Ms Kathryn Chalmers, Research Assistant, Mental Health First Aid Australia/ University of Melbourne

Mr Richard Leigh, Managing Director, Campfire Film Foundation

Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

Partners in recovery: What does it offer the mental health landscape in rural and remote areas?

Cultural engagement - the use of Ngankaris - traditional healers in improving mental health in the remote Aboriginal community of Warburton in WA

Action Intelligence: Adaptive Stress Management for Professional Development and Clients

Dr Rene Pols, Visiting Psychiatrist, Clare Medical Centre Mrs Betsy Stewart, CMHN, Clare Medical Centre

Mr Alistair Bonsey, Partners in Recovery Manager, Loddon Mallee Murray Medicare Local Ms Jenny Donnelly, Partners in Recovery Manager, Hume Medicare Local

Mr Michael McGuiness, Mental Health Worker, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service

Prof Keith Kennett, CEO, Action Intelligence P/L

2.34pm 3.00pm

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mr Stephen Norris, Senior Organiser, Health and Community Services Union

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mr Gary Hubble, Manager, Far North Queensland Partners In Recovery

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Dr Renee Ireland, Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland

3.00pm 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room

2.14pm 2.34pm

Working in Partnerships Room: Auditorium

3.30pm 3.50pm

3.52pm 4.12pm

Recovery Oriented Practice Room: Stanley A

Cultural Engagement: working with Aboriginal people Room: Waratah Room

Youth e-Health Room: Banksia A

Consumer and Family engagement at RFWA

Putting recovery into action: a framework for developing a recoveryoriented organisation

Monitoring and assessing the quality of care for Indigenous Youth: development and validation of an audit tool for Indigenous primary healthcare

Developing a user driven helpseeking tool and pathways to mental health care for young adults

Mr Adrian Munro, Executive Manager of Operations, Richmond Fellowship of WA

Mr Andrew O’Brien, GM Operations (South-East), RichmondPRA

Ms Stefanie Puszka, Project Coordinator, Menzies School of Health Research

Ms Victoria Blake, Research and Public Affairs, ReachOut.com by Inspire Foundation

Walking the wire: a lived experience academic's perspective on consumers and practitioners speaking as one voice to bring about social change in rural and remote communities

Sub-Acute Mental Health: a recovery orientated service

Meeting the needs of Aboriginal people in the mental health learning environment

Online solutions for Australian young people with an anxiety

Ms Trudy Atkinson, Lecturer, CQ

Miss Lisa Chojnacki, Wagga Wagga

Mrs Trish Hill-Wall, Course Coordinator,

Miss Gemma Bettens, Project

University

Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Service Keiran Preston, Wagga Wagga Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Service

Bachelor Applied Science (Mental Health) Practitioner Curtin University

Manager, University of Southern Queensland

A Tale of two ICS's

You want to do what! The story of 17 people, 5 boats and a journey towards wellness. The River 2 Recovery

Working Together Nanko-walun Porlar Nomawi (Wellbeing for Children and Families) working innovatively in ways that strengthen relationships in Aboriginal families and communities

eheadspace - Engaging families and friends in an online mental health program

Ms Lee Martinez, Mental Health Academic, Joint Appointment Uni SA / Country Health SA

Mr Mark Johnstone, Senior Mental Health Recovery Worker, St Luke's Mr Shane Cole, Consumer Group Representative, St Luke's

Ms Joyleen Koolmatrie, Psychologist Mr Mac Hayes, Boys and Young Men Wellbeing Counsellor, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Ms Viv Davies, Clinical Coordintor, headspace

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Kari Vallury, Research Associate, University of South Australia Department of Rural Health

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Kylie Harris, Researcher, University of New England

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Merilyn Duff, Program Leader, EACH - Social and Community Health

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Miss Amylee Walker, Mental Health Pharmacist (Adolescent), Hunter New England Health

4.14pm 4.34pm

4.34pm 5.00pm

5.00pm 6.30pm

Welcome Reception

Thursday 13th November 2014 8.30am 9.00am

Registration Rural and Remote Challenges Room: Stanley A

e-Health – Technology – Social Media Room: Waratah Room

Suicide Prevention Room: Banksia A

I have been invited to my patient/client's 40th birthday party........should I go?

Work ready or not? The paucity of mental health undergraduate education does not prepare the future workforce for mental health services

beyondblue: the webchat experience

Mental Health First Aid for suicidal thoughts and behaviours: redevelopment of guidelines using the Delphi methodology

A/Prof David Pierce, Associate Professor Rural Mental Health, The University of Melbourne

Mr Chris Healey, Senior Research Fellow/ Clinical Simulation Educator, Greater Green Triangle UDRH

Dr Stephanie Bradstock, National Medical Director – Mental Health Programs, Medibank Health Solutions

Dr Claire Kelly, Manager of Youth Programs, Mental Health First Aid

No man's land: therapeutic sedation, and the aeromedical transfer process under the MHA in regional Australia

Promoting rural psychiatry training beyond city limits

People helping people: SANE online forums for people affected by mental illness

A working outreach model for rural Australia

Ms Leigh Peterson, Consultation Liaison Nurse Practitioner, Mount Gambier CHSA

Dr Ravi Bhat, Rural Working Party, RANZCP

Dr Paul Morgan, Director of Communications, SANE Australia Mr Faruk Avdi, Online Forum & UX Program Manager, SANE Australia

Mr Ian McMichael, President, Rural Alive & Well Inc

Practitioners Voice Room: Auditorium 9.00am 9.20am

9.22am 9.42am

Consumer Practitioners: From Defective to Professionally Elite

Simulation via the web, bringing reality to mental health students and clinicians

The MindSpot Clinic: preliminary results from an online national Australian Mental Health service delivering telephone and internet treatment for anxiety and depression

Suicide and school communities: breaking down barriers to achieve a community-based collaborative response

Mrs Jodie Ingram, Coordinator of Consumer Participation Strategy, Murrumbidgee Local Health District

Ms Tanya Edlington, St John of God Health Care

Ms Carol Purtell, Clinic Director, MindSpot Clinic

Ms Jennifer Fisher, School Support Consultant, headspace School Support Program Ms Leonie Everett, School Support Consultant, headspace School Support Program

10.04am 10.30am

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Sue Dentice, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Albury Wodonga Health

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mrs Joanne Fennessy, TAFE NSW Riverina Insititute

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mr Shane Warren, Director, International Resilience Institute Sydney

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mrs Bronwyn Hall, Program Leader, Beyondblue

10.30 – 11.00am

Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room

9.44am 10.04am

Practitioners Voice Room: Auditorium

11.00am 11.20am

Rural and Remote Challenges Room: Stanley A

e-Health – Technology – Social Media Room: Waratah Room

Mental Health Programs Room: Banksia A

Victoria's Mental Health Complaints Commissioner: an independent voice working for positive change in Victoria's mental health system

An exploration of new roles in rural and remote mental Health care: a rural generalist mental health clinic in East Arnhem land

Breaking Down Barriers: Will Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy work for rural Australians?

An integrated community approach to eating disorders: supporting research to practice in regional and rural areas

Ms Lynne Coulson Barr, Commissioner, Mental Health Complaints Commissioner

Dr Molly Shorthouse, GP Registrar, ACRRM

Ms Kari Vallury, Research Associate, University of South Australia Department of Rural Health

Ms Christine Morgan, CEO, The Butterfly Foundation Ms Frances Cook, National Manager Programs and Practice, The Butterfly Foundation

Giving Voice to Practitioners

Growing up in the Darling Downs: developing a child and youth mental health service in rural Queensland

E-Mental health in practice: an Australian project enhancing uptake of E-Mental health in primary health care

Grampians kids connect: listening, re-designing and implementing

Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies,

Dr Suren Putter-Lareman, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Darling Downs

Dr Angela White, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of

Ms Alexandra Hall, Child Mental Health Liaison Officer, Grampians

11.22am 11.42am

Flinders University

HHS

Technology

Medicare Local Mr Barry Sherwell, Mental Health Team Leader, Grampians Medicare Local

Managing risk for suicide in an Emergency Department

Down and out in the bush. What rural Australian women can tell us about their experiences of depression

Drugs online ... eLearning resources for drug and alcohol screening and brief intervention

NewAccess - Innovative early intervention service for people with depression and anxiety

Ms Sue Dentice, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Albury Wodonga Health

Ms Stephanie Johnson, Mental Health Social Worker, Solution Focused Counselling

Ms Jennifer Harland, Global Coordinator ASSIST, DASSA WHO Collaborating Centre, UoA

Mrs Bronwyn Hall, Program Leader NewAccess, beyondblue

12.04pm 12.30pm

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Dr Louise Roufeil, Executive Manager, Australian Psychological Society

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Leigh Peterson, Consultation Liaison Nurse Practitioner, Mount Gambier CHSA

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mrs Jenny Sinclair, Manager, EACH Social & Community Health

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Dr Renee Ireland, Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland

12.30pm 1.30pm

Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room

11.44am 12.04pm

Practitioners Voice Room: Auditorium 1.30pm 1.50pm

1.52pm 2.12pm

Rural and Remote Challenges Room: Stanley A

Rural and Remote Experiences Room: Waratah Room

Mental Health Programs Room: Banksia A

A week in the life of a Rural Psychologist

Workplace violence in mental health: a Victorian mental health workforce survey

Country diary of a "Mad Nurse”

Incorporating evidence based eMental health resources into primary care

Mr Richard Rowan, Consultant Psychologist, Yass District Psychology Practice

Mr Paul Healey, Assistant State Secretary, Health and Community Services Union

Ms Shauna Thomas, RN Clinical Case Management, NBMLHD

Dr Jan Orman, GP Services Consultant, Black Dog Institute

Navigating multiple relationships: the lived experiences of Australian rural psychologists

Using the challenge of rural and remote employment to create innovative practices

Eyes Wide Closed - Myths and Realities of Mental Health and Primary Producers

Supporting the mental health of LGBTI people in rural and remote areas

Ms Sally RobsonThomas, Community Mental Health Professional, Wheatbelt Mental Health Service Dr Dianne Boxall, Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University

Mr Grant Liptrot, Project Officer, Western NSW Medicare Local

Mr Glenn Budden, Rural Financial Counsellor, Rural Financial Counselling Service Qld, Central Southern Region

Ms Tarnia Thompson, QLife capacity building manager, National LGBTI health alliance

True empathy and compassion is an inside job

Constructing a Proactive Approach to Workplace Resilience

Support a mate - rural outreach

Improving access to an effective anxiety prevention program: Pilot feasibility study of Cool Little Kids Online

Ms Judith Shapland, Trainer/Consultant/Therapist, Significant Impact

Mr Tony Holland, CEO, OzHelp Foundation

Mr Victor Tyler, Business Development Manager, Schizophrenia Fellowship NSW

Dr Amy Morgan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, La Trobe University

2.34pm 3.00pm

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Anita McRae, Manager, Murrumbidgee Partners in Recovery

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Ms Romana Lee, Clinical Psychologist, Psychwest Psychological Services

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Mr Danial Rochford, CEO, Rural Alive and Well Inc

Panel Discussion with Presenters Moderator: Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University

3.00pm 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presentations Stanley B & C Room

2.14pm 2.34pm

Room: Auditorium Chair: Russell Roberts 3.30pm 4.00pm

Senator Fiona Nash Assistant Minister for Health Rural and Remote Mental Health: the NSW Cohort

4.00pm 4.30pm

Professor David Perkins Professor of Rural Health Research, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, The University of Newcastle Psychs on Bikes: the Accidental Charity

4.30pm 5.00pm

5.00pm 5.15pm

Dr Joseph Dunn President, Psychs on Bikes Symposium Overview. What have we learnt: Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University Symposium Close: Mr Peter Sugg, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association WIN a Registration and 2 night’s accommodation to next year’s Symposium - Collect your raffle ticket at the door to go in the draw. Must be in the room to win.

Friday 14th November 2014 8.30am 9.00am

Registration Workshop 1 - FULL Room: Stanley A

9.00am 10.30am

10.30am 11.00am

Workshop 3 Room: Stanley C

Workshop 4 Room: Waratah Room

Working with people who have borderline personality disorder

Stop being 'Old School'... How to integrate technology to enhance your clinical practice

Art therapy and online service delivery: implications for the provision of distance therapy and clinical supervision

Just B: working mindfully with youth and families

Ms Kelly Watt-McMahon, Consulting Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice

Mr Shane Warren, Director, Neuro Balance Ms Susan Sandy, Managing Director, Neuro Balance

Ms Justine Wake, MMH, AThR Art Therapist, Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor in private practice and with Education QLD

Mr Chris Dickson, Family and Youth Services Manager, On Track Communities Programs Ms Louise Christie, Respite Family Support Worker, On Track Communities Programs

Morning Tea Workshop 5 Room: Stanley A

11.00am 12.30pm

Workshop 2 Room: Stanley B

Workshop 6 - FULL Room: Stanley B

Workshop 7 - FULL Room: Stanley C

Workshop 8 Room: Waratah Room

How, when and why to use meditation and mindfulness in general practice

Suicide prevention: the deepest hunger of the human heart is selflove

Walking the talk: the key to fostering engagement with Aboriginal people

Effective discussions with young cannabis users

Dr Bronwyn Williams, General Practitioner, Health on Kensington

Mr Grant McGregor, Author, My Identity My Life

Ms Romana Lee, Clinical Psychologist, Psychwest Psychological Services Mr Filippo Magnoli, Consultant, Psychwest Psychological Services

Ms Etty Matalon, National Clinical Training Manager, NCPIC

Poster Presentations Poster displays will be available to view for the duration of the symposium.

Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) - Case report of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome in a 15 year old female in an acute adolescent inpatient unit Miss Amylee Walker, Mental Health Pharmacist (Adolescent), Hunter New England Health Dreaming on the Edge Conference 14-15 May 2014 - Aboriginal artwork, history and photos Ms Merilyn Duff, Aboriginal Community Mental Health Coordinator, EACH - Social and Community Health Experiences of rural and remote fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) Psychologists Ms Carly Sutherland, PhD/M.Psych(Clinical) Candidate, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide Fly on the wall. Creating reality in mental health education utilising the SJGHC Mental Health Simulated Learning Program and Clinical Education Toolkit Tanya Edlington, St John of God Health Care Improving access and equity through technology: supporting the uptake of e-Mental Health Programs in the Indigenous mental health context Ms Stefanie Puszka, Project Coordinator, Menzies School of Health Research Keeping everyone happy: family-oriented interventions for preventing and managing post-stroke depression Ms Kari Vallury, Research Associate, University of South Australia Department of Rural Health Neuroleadership: teaching the art of holding pain Ms Leigh Peterson, Consultation Liaison Nurse Practitioner, Mount Gambier CHSA Parkinson's disease and the challenges of rural living in accessing specialist care in Victoria Miss Veronica Coady, PhD Candidate, Monash University Perspectives on coping and resilience Mr Shane Warren, Director, International Resilience Institute Sydney Predicting resilience in a rural community prone to natural disasters Ms Katerina Kanakis, PhD Student, James Cook University Quantifying phenomenology in rural and remote clinical research Dr Adam Rock, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of New England Spirituality and psychological crisis: Rural and remote locations as the best therapy for spiritual emergency Ms Kylie Harris, Researcher/ PhD candidate, University of New England The lay of the land: the challenges for psychologists working in mental health in rural and remote communities Ms Romana Lee, Clinical Psychologist, Psychwest Psychological Services