Mental Health & the Health Reform Agenda

The Honourable Rob Knowles, AO
Chair, Mental Health Council of Australia and
former Chair of National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission

Developments in the Treatment of Mood Disorders

Professor Ian Hickie, AM,
Executive Director
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney

Community Mental Health Reform in Queensland

Mr Ivan Frkovic
Director - Community Mental Health
Department of Communities

The Case for Community Action on Early Intervention

Professor Patrick McGorry
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
Executive Director, ORYGEN Youth Health Research Centre

Mental Health Diseases as Pathologies of the Synapse: Eduational & Research Implications

Professor Maxwell R. Bennett, AO
Professor of Neuroscience, University Chair
Director, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney

ADHD and Associated Disorders in Young People

Dr Phil Bird
Psychiatrist
Gosforth Clinic

Mental Health Promotion: What is Working

Professor Rob Donovan
Professor of Behavioural Research, Faculty of Health Science &
Professor of Social Marketing, Curtin Business School
Curtin University

What Next? The Differential Impact of Life Events on Suicide Ideation

Professor Peter Bycroft
Managing Director
Corporate Diagnostics

Recovery Through Art, Film and Music

Associate Professor Neil Cole
Mental Health Research Unit
University of Melbourne

Lived Experience and Recovery Practices

Mr Michael Burge
Consumer Consultant

Consumers Co-Designing Services

Dr Jonathan Harper
Sunshine Coast GP

Consumers Co-Designing Services

Ms Suzanne Desailly
Open Minds

Developing Integrated Mental Health Services - Planning, People & Processes

Mr Paul Napper
CEO
Pathways

Developing Integrated Mental Health Services

Ms Anne Smyth & Ms Sallyanne Miller
Leadership & Organisational Development Practitioners

Community Mental Health Promotion - Making it Happen Here

Mr Jeff Cheverton
CEO
QLD Alliance

Creating and Using Media for Mental Health Promotion

Mr Mark Furler
Editor-in-Chief
Sunshine Coast Daily

Responding to Alcohol and Drug Issues

Mr David Templeman
CEO
Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia

Responding to Alcohol and Drug Issues

Mr Mike Lollback
CALM Project
Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Responding to Alcohol and Drug Issues

Mr Brad Levingston
Psychologist
FOCUS

The Role of First Responders to a Mental Health Crisis

Mr Michael Mitchell
QLD Police Service

Integrated Services - "No Wrong Door"

Ms Kim Ryan
CEO
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses & Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Sydney

Integrated Services - "No Wrong Door"

Ms Lynne Roberts
Service Integration Co-ordinator
QLD Mental Health Service

Creating Effective Co-ordinated Services for Young People

Ms Jo Grant
United Synergies

Creating Effective Co-ordinated Services for Young People

Mr Rob Bramwell
Manager Accommodation Services
IFYS

Recovery Through Art, Film and Music

Associate Professor Neil Cole
Mental Health Research Institute
University of Melbourne and Consumer Consultant

Connecting Schools and Mental Health Services

Ms Erika Heslin
Sunshine Coast Child & Youth Mental Health Service
SCWB

Helping Young People Manage Our Drug Society

Ms Samantha Spencer
Youth Alcohol & Drug Clinician
FOCUS

Helping Young People Manage Our Drug Society

Ms Claire Gardner
DrinkSafe Coalition
Sunshine Coast Youth Partnership

Overcoming Hurdles to Introducing Mental Health Curricula in Educational Settings

Ms Karen-Ann Clarke
Mental Health Nurse and Sessional Lecturer
University of the Sunshine Coast

Consumer Led Research

Professor Kathy Griffiths
Centre for Mental Health Research
The Australian National University
Presentation not for publication

Mental Health Promotion in Various Settings

Ms Lydia Najlepszy & Jill Pearman
MindMatters

Mental Health Promotion in Various Settings

Mr Michael Hardie
KidsMatters QLD

Indigenous Mental Health Across all Ages

Ms Jennifer McClay
Cultural Healing Team
Sunshine Coast Mental Health Service

Indigenous Mental Health Across all Ages

Ms Karen Mills
Healthy Indigenous Population Program Officer
Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice

Carers and Families - Advocates for Change

Mr David Bowling
Mental Health Carer Project Worker, Consumer & Carer Participation, Mental Health Directorate
Ms Jillian Boyle
Facilitator, ARAFMI & President, Mental Illness Association of Qld

Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support in the Community

Ms Jill Fisher
Coordinator
StandBy Response Service

Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support in the Community

Ms Victoria Visser
Director
Science of Knowing