10th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium

10th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium is organized by Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association (ANZMH) and will be held from Oct 15 - 17, 2018 at Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is Aboriginal Health Practitioners, Chief Executive Officers, General Managers, Directors, Assistant Managers, Regional Managers & Program Managers, Clinical Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Services Managers, Commissioners, Community Engagement Leaders, Counsellors, Departmental Officers, GPs, Lecturers, Professors, Researchers, Students & Other, Academic Roles, Local/State/Federal Government, Mental Health Clinicians & MH Nurses, New Access Program Leads, Occupational Therapists, Peer Workers, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement Managers, Portfolio Managers, Principal Policy Officers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Senior Advocates, Sole Practitioners, Specialist Bereavement Counsellors, Speech Pathologists, Suicide Prevention Managers, Social Workers, Support Workers, Team Leaders, Youth Care Coordinators

Symposium Description :
The Symposium is celebrating 10 years of important discussions and education, providing a platform for collaboration of like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving mental health services and mental health outcomes within rural and remote Australia.

Suicide and harm prevention, physical health, digital and low-intensity mental health, child and youth, supporting the mental health workforce and consumer-focused recovery are some of the topics that will be addressed at the Symposium.

If you are working within service delivery, public health networks, research and policy and most importantly working to change the stigma of mental health and consumer-focused recovery, we look forward to meeting you in October.

Conference Topics :
• Suicide and self-harm prevention.
• Child and youth mental health.
• Supporting rural and (very) remote mental health workers.
• Mental health policies.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health.
• Mentally healthy workplaces.
• Dual diagnosis, mental health and AOD.
• Cross sections of the rural and remote community, service design and access.
• Social determinants of health.
• Consumer-focused recovery, living with mental health issues.
• Digital and low intensity mental health programs.

Reasons to attend the Symposium :
• Access a best-in-class program in mental health delivered by experts in the field.
• Learn new frameworks and skills that can be implemented in your organization.
• Experience incredible networking opportunities.
• Ask questions, challenge thinking.
• Join a community of changemakers working to build a better world.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.