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The 9th International Mental Health Conference August 2008 - The Psychologically Injured Worker

 

This conference is open to staff from: *Non-government organisations *Public health services *Private health services *Private practitioners *Nurses *Psychologists *General Practitioners *Counselors *Allied Health *Psychiatrists *Educational Institutions *Local/State/Governments *Commonwealth Government *Carers *Patient advocate groups *Legal firms *Insurers *Unions *Worker's Compensation Schemes *Compensation Regulators   Visit the conference web site here

 

The Gold Coast Institute of Mental Health and the Gold Coast Integrated Mental Health Service, in collaboration with Queensland Health, Griffith University, Bond University and private practitioners, are pleased to present the 9th International Mental Health Conference. The conference will be at the Holiday Inn - Gold Coast on Thurs 14th, Fri 15th & Sat 16th August 2008.

The themes of the meeting are:
. Psychological injuries in the workforce: Types of Injuries and Causes (Anxiety, Addiction, Depression, and Personality Disorders; Trauma at work, Stress and Harassment)
. Implementing effective clinical treatments: Primary interventions and treatments promoting recovery.
. Addictions in the Workplace
. Preventing psychological injuries in the workplace: Proactive interventions and mental health worker self-care.

Fuelled by a rapidly growing and developing economy there is increasing competition for meaningful employment and constant striving towards attaining and maintaining a meaningful, affluent lifestyle. These pressures of modern life have increased the emphasis on status, income, professional development and the struggle to balance these pressures with those of family, leisure activities and the pursuit of other interests. As a result, these ever increasing societal pressures at the contextual, environmental, socio-emotional and performance levels often leave workers physically and emotionally vulnerable and drained. Moreover, there increasingly appear to be problems with inter-personal communication in the workplace due to enforced interaction with individuals whose agendas and sometimes difficult personalities promote discord and disharmony. We all work for a large proportion of our adult lives and it is within the context of work that we are most likely to suffer psychological injuries.

The 9th International Mental Health Conference will address these problems.

The conference topic is: 'The Psychologically Injured Worker; Research, Knowledge and Practice.' The meeting will have sessions covering the main issues important to the area:

*What are the causes of these injuries?
*What types of psychological injuries are most common and how are they manifested and identified, treated and managed?
*What systems are in place for initial interventions and treatment to recovery?
*How should re-integration into the workforce be best conducted? What treatments are most efficacious, for whom, and when?
*What clinical skills and medications are effective?
*How can mental health care workers work more effectively?
with each other, injured workers, insurance companies, doctors, employers and agencies?

Themes will be explored through plenary sessions, with international and national experts as keynote speakers, as well as workshops and individual
presentations. The conference will include:

. Pre-conference workshops
. Plenary sessions with keynote presenters
. Workshops
. Individual paper presentations
. A stream designed for doctors and psychiatrists
. Poster presentations
. Professional development ponts (or credits) will be available