Mental health issues to be discussed at conference in Wgtn

Mental health issues affecting New Zealanders to be discussed at conference in Wellington

Food addiction, seclusion, child welfare and employment as a health intervention are just some of the topics that will be discussed this week at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists New Zealand Conference in Wellington. A General Practitioner theme will also feature.

Title: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists New Zealand Conference 2012
Theme: Winds of Change - Nga hau korure - Integrated Care
Date: 19 to 21 September 2012
Venue: Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand

The full conference program is available at www.ranzcp2012.co.nz/programme

Keynote addresses:

‘Whanau Ora’ - The Integration of Clinical, Cultural and Community Approaches to Mental Health
Professor Sir Mason Durie, Professor of Maori Research and Development and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Massey University, Palmerston North

Cyclone, Gentle Zephyr or Totally Becalmed: General Practice and Mental Health Services Working Together
Professor Tony Dowell, Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Deputy Dean, University of Otago, Wellington

Modelling, Diagnosing and Managing Bipolar II Disorder
Professor Gordon Parker, AO, Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and past Executive Director, Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia

Approaches to Psychiatric Crisis, Rehabilitation and Recovery in Italy
Travelling Professor Roberto Mezzina, Head, WHO Collaborating Centre, Mental Health Research and Training, Trieste, Italy

Other conference highlights include:

Food addiction: like all other addictions, a disease of free will
Professor Doug Sellman, Director, National Addiction Centre, Christchurch

Employment as a health intervention
Ms Helen Lockett, The Wise Group
Slipstreaming into the Mainstream: Integrative Approaches to Gender and Trauma
Professor Sarah Romans, Dr Mark Huthwaite, Ms Kate Robins, Dr Annette van Zeist, Mary Campbell
Seclusion
Dr Murray Patton, Clinical Director of District Mental Health Services, Addiction Services and Cultural Mental Health Services, Waitemata DHB
To what extent is child welfare considered when parents with acute mental illness are assessed and admitted for inpatient treatment
Ms Ari Pfeiffenberger, University of Otago

About The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is the principal organisation representing the medical specialty of psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand and has responsibility for training, examining and awarding the qualification of Fellowship of the College to medical practitioners. Visit www.ranzcp.org.

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