Events

Join TheMHS Conference and dare to imagine an ideal mental health system in 2050 with a range of traditional and contemporary healing methods, early intervention, integrated social support services, choice, respect and social connection. This conference will explore how the world might evolve and what we need to do to consolidate the things we already do, and the new things we need to do to reach towards this utopian vision of an ideal mental health system.

This is a full day workshop with Jen Thompson, a psychotherapist and trainer passionate about creating welcoming, hopeful, and trauma informed service systems. Trauma Responsive Practice is foundational training for AOD and Mental Health workers. This workshop will explore the following concepts and will bring them to life with experiential exercises and discussion: - Creating safety and the felt experience of safety - Understanding trauma in the context of substance use - Bringing body awareness into our work - Understanding trauma informed care principles and applying to our work - Understanding Polyvagal Theory - The Zone of fabulousness - Collective Care and Solidarity Teams

This is a full day workshop with Jen Thompson, a psychotherapist and trainer passionate about creating welcoming, hopeful, and trauma informed service systems. Trauma Responsive Practice is foundational training for AOD and Mental Health workers that builds on the Introduction to Trauma Informed Care e-learning.

This half day live webinar looks at attachment theory, and current knowledge about attachment in autistic children and youth. Assessment and treatment using attachment models will be addressed as well as an overview of the Parent Development Interview, a research tool that assesses parental reflective function.

Join us in a comprehensive overview of Methamphetamine use and its impact. Emphasis is on evidence-based approaches to reducing associated acute and chronic risks. This training fosters a compassionate and informed response to methamphetamine use with a focus on harm reduction.

Topic: Challenging the ‘youth crime’ narrative – Building support for evidence-based change in a ‘tough on crime’ environment. Speakers: Anoushka Jeronimus (Co-convener), Eva Lazzaro (Policy and Advocacy Lead), and Mallika Murthy (Campaign Manager) from Smart Justice for Young People.

People with intellectual disability experience high rates of mental illness yet often have difficulty in accessing services and getting appropriate treatment. This workshop will explore the reasons for this and cover some of the modifications to practice that can be made to account for this.

For 25 years the Collab brings together Mental Health Nurses, lived experience advocates, and industry leaders to share breakthroughs, inspire change, and celebrate the everyday heroes of mental health care. It is the largest conference of practice-facing Mental Health Nurses and consumer workforce in Australia. This year’s theme is ‘Ordinary People doing Extraordinary Things.’

This workshop will explore how to recognise when a person may have co-morbid autism that may complicate the diagnosis and management of serious mental illness.

This advanced workshop uses a diversity lens to explore contemporary approaches to recovery-oriented practice in mental health settings. It also introduces ways to conduct person-centred assessments that understand cultural and social context and the powerful determinants of health and wellbeing.