Our Summer Forum is fast approaching (24&25 Feb 2011) and this year the topic is:
Tackling Aggression – let’s understand, respond and prevent.
The forum will explore the latest research findings on the relationships between mentalhealth, mental ill-health, and aggression and violence, substance use and aggression and violence, the role of medication and more.
We have an excellent lineup of local and international speakers:
Dr Diamond is currently Medical Director of the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Prof of Psych at the Uni of Wisconsin and Consultant to the Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Dr Diamond will speak on: Dealing with angry people, Chemical restraint: medication and aggression and Borderline Personality and aggression.
Kevin Gournay
Kevin Gournay works at the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College, Uni of London) and is a Chartered Psychologist and a Registered Nurse.
He will speak on: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guidelines on Violence
Kathleen Brady is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dept of Psych and Behavioural Sciences.
She will speak on: Substance abuse and violence and aggression, Violence and women, Victimisation and PTSD
Find out more about the TheMHS Summer Forum held in Sydney in February – we hope to see you there!
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