2nd Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium - Sydney
The Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association are pleased to announce the launch of the 2nd Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium titled: Winds of Change: New Perspectives on Rural and Remote Mental Health. The Symposium will now be held at Novotel Brighton le Sands in Sydney from September 29th - 30th 2010..The conference will explore new perspectives within the P4 parameters, policy initiatives, primary interventions, promoting recovery, preventing relapse by way of individual conference papers, keynote presentations, and workshops.
Call for Abstracts is now open and can be submitted online.
Confirmed Keynote Presenters include:
* Australian of the Year, Professor Patrick McGorry, Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Clinical Director of ORYGEN Youth Health, and Executive Director of the ORYGEN Research Centre
* Prof Vaughan Carr, Director, Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle
* Mr David Crosbie, CEO - Mental Health Council of Australia
* Prof Mark Creamer, Director - Australian Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne
* A/Prof. David Pierce, Director - University Dept of Rural Health School of Rural Health , The University of Melbourne
Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities exist for the Symposium. Details can be found on the website or you can download the prospectus here. All symposium intermissions will be conducted in the Exhibitor Area.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Symposium in September.
Dr Norm Barling
Convenor