- Early Psychosis Prevention & Intervention Centre (EPPIC)
Authors: Western Region Psychiatric Services, Department of Health and Community Services Victoria
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Event: 1994 TheMHS Awards 
Mental Health Services, Waitemata Health – SILVER – Comprehensive Catchment Area ServiceAuthors: Waitemata Health
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Event: 1994 TheMHS Awards- Blacktown City Mental Health Service – GOLD – Comprehensive Catchment Area Service
Authors: Blacktown/Mt. Druitt Community Health Service
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Event: 1994 TheMHS Awards - Men’s Mental Health: Building a Healthier Future
Blog description: Thanks to everyone who came along to the Summer Forum this year. We heard some fantastic presentations on the latest research, programs and thinking in regards to Men's Mental Health. The presentations were invigorating and thought provoking, and we hope that those of you who attended left with a renewed sense of purpose.
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 5a – Max Birchwood: Being young, male and experiencing first psychosis. What do we know works?
Blog description: Professor Max Birchwood opened his keynote address for day two of TheMHS summer forum by saying he could “bore us for hours”, but what followed was a passionate and fascinating account of his wide body of work and world-first trials focusing on psychosis in males. Max explained that young males with psychosis are prone to severe disability and he wants to know how we can help them?
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 6b – Anton Isaacs: The Koorie Men’s Health Day – A community mental health service model for Aboriginal men
Blog description: Anton Isaacs designs and sets up mental health services for rural communities. This presentation focused on his recent work on mental health in Aboriginal communities in Gippsland, Victoria.
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 7a – Chris Laming: Constructing hope beyond despair in a men’s behaviour change program to challenge violence against women and children
Blog description: Chris Laming is a social worker and the founding coordinator of the SHED (Self-Help Ending Domestics) Project. He has also completed research examining constructivist approaches...
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 5b – Bradley Foxlewin: Rethinking boys’ and men’s mental health: trauma informed, recovery-based approaches in the community
Blog description: Bradley Foxlewin engaged the room with a powerful and moving presentation. His focus was on improving mental health services for boys and men, in particular...
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 8a – Tass Mousaferiadis: What works? Improving Men’s Mental Health.
Blog description: Tass Mousaferiadis is a Program Leader at beyondblue, heading up the national Men’s and LGBTI programs at beyondblue. Tass began his talk by outlining beyondblue’s...
READ MORE - SF 2015 Constructing hope beyond despair
Blog description: Dr Chris Laming is a social worker and the founding coordinator of the SHED (Self-Help Ending Domestics) Project. He has also completed research examining constructivist...
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 3a – Jane Pirkis: Depression and suicidality in males
Blog description: Jane Pirkis discussed the issue of depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviours in males.
READ MORE - SF 15 Session 3b – Beaver Hudson: Last orders – young men, drunk and disturbed
Blog description: Emergency departments are becoming the focus of psychiatric interventions more than ever before. Talking from his role as a Service Manager at St Vincent's Hospital, Beaver Hudson raises the following questions: are emergency departments sufficiently equipped to treat these cases; do young males need to be brought into emergency departments; and are we relying too much on risk assessments in emergency departments?
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