November edition
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In the November edition of MHPN Connect:
Browse upcoming network meetings
Join or start a family violence MHPN network
Register for our upcoming professional development webinar:
- A whole child approach to disaster recovery
Listen to our podcasts:
- A Conversation About… Deep Listening and Suicidal Suffering
- A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: When Practitioners’ Moral Codes are Challenged
Networks
What's on
350+ interdisciplinary mental health networks meet all over the country and undertake professional development and peer support about a range of topics, relevant to their needs. View upcoming meetings below, or find a network near you.
NATIONAL
Online Environmental Factors & Mental Health - Climate change and youth mental health: examining the evidence | Thursday, 28 November
Online Eating Disorders - Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) for Eating Disorders | Wednesday, 11 December
NEW SOUTH WALES
Creative & Expressive Therapy Network - Stories in the Sand-Self care workshop | Monday, 2 December
Northern Rivers Eating Disorders - Redefining Hope – Eating Disorder Recovery Forum | Tuesday, 3 December
VICTORIA
Melbourne LGBTQI+ - The mental health impacts of people living with HIV | Tuesday, 26 November
Victorian Older Persons Mental Health Network - Network catch-up & share session| Thursday, 5 December
Mornington - End-of-year Celebration! | Tuesday, 10 December
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Victoria Park - Sexual and reproductive health | Saturday, 23 November
QUEENSLAND
Sunshine Coast Eating Disorders - Genetics, Epigenetics, and Environment: Vulnerability-Stress Understandings of Anorexia Nervosa | Monday, 25 November
Sunshine Coast Women's Mental Health - Beyond the Therapy Room: The Power of Equine Therapy in Mental Health Support | Thursday, 28 November
Toowoomba and Darling Downs - Multicultural practice and Use of Interpreters | Tuesday, 10 December
TASMANIA
Tasmanian Women's Mental Health Network - “I’m not the only one” post abortion support and the power of lived experience | Wednesday, 27 November
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
North East Adelaide - Not Case Management: De-mystifying the Role of Social Work Clinicians in Private Practice (followed by end-of-the-year dinner/drinks) | Thursday, 12 December
If these topics interest you and you live in the area, join the network via your MHPN account to get involved!
Pictured from left to right: Rockingham/Kwinana MHPN; Inner Melbourne Clinicians MHPN; Neuro & Queer Affirmative MHPN.
MHPN family violence networks
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | 25 November
Coming up is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. If you're looking for ways to improve your practice when supporting women and families affected by family violence, consider joining or starting an MHPN network that meets for this purpose.
To join the below networks for free, create or login to your MHPN account, follow the below network link and follow the prompts to join.
💻 Online Family Violence & Mental Health (National) | Join now
📍 Cardinia Casey Family Violence (Vic) | Join now
📍 Geelong Family Violence (Vic) | Join now
No network in your area? If you're passionate about the prevention of violence against women and children, apply to start your own MHPN network and access funding to cover meeting expenses.
Webinars
A whole child approach to disaster recoveryWednesday 4 December | 7.15 - 8.30 PM (AEDT) Hear our interdisciplinary panel of experts explore ways to support infants and children following a disaster, by ensuring disruptions to the child’s ecology (their family, school and broader community) are considered in recovery interventions. |
Supporting the mental health of children living in out-of-home careRecording available now! The panel explore how to increase the knowledge, confidence and skills of mental health professionals when supporting the mental health of children living in out-of-home care. |
Podcasts
A Conversation About… Deep Listening and Suicidal SufferingProfessor Nicholas Procter (Professor and Chair, Mental Health Nursing) and Dr Conrad Newman (psychiatrist and PhD candidate) explore the crucial role of deep listening in mental health practice, the importance of connection and how that can make a significant difference when working with people experiencing suicidal suffering. LISTEN NOW: |
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: When Practitioners’ Moral Codes are ChallengedAcademic GPs, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone chat with GP and Addiction Medicine Specialist, Dr Hester Wilson, about the challenges they face when patients talk or behave in ways that don’t align with their personal and professional values. LISTEN NOW: |
External opportunities
Hormones, Bumps and Bubs: It's Not Just Secret Women's Business7 December | 9 AM – 12.30 PM (AEDT) Join the RANZCP for an exciting masterclass on perinatal and women’s mental health.
Medical practitioners $215 |
Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeedingMental health professionals can update their knowledge and skills with The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education's (FARE) free eLearning course, 'Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding'. The course covers the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy, how to talk about drinking alcohol during pregnancy sensitively and effectively, and how to assess this using a prescribed assessment model. Other activities include:
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The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the
Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
