October edition
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In the October edition of MHPN Connect:
Browse network meeting highlights all over Australia.
Register for our upcoming professional development webinar:
- Supporting the mental health of children living in out-of-home care
Listen to our podcast series:
- A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity
- Creative Arts Therapy
Explore events by our friends and partners.
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.
TASMANIA
Tasmanian Eating Disorders MHPN - Autonomy In Movement - Life Enhancing Movement Framework | Wednesday, 6 November
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Veteran-Focussed - Beyond PTSD: Understanding Moral Injury | Wednesday, 6 November
NEW SOUTH WALES
Bathurst - Early Christmas Social Networking Event | Tuesday, 12 November
New England North West Suicide Prevention - Puberty and Menopause Blues: Women's Health and Suicidality | Wednesday, 13 November
Port Macquarie - Older persons mental health | Tuesday, 19 November
Hills District - Engaging Clients with a Pathological Demand Avoidance Profile in the Therapy Room | Wednesday, 20 November
VICTORIA
Melbourne CBD - Setting Boundaries as a Neurodivergent Adult with a Tendency towards the "Pleaser" Archetype | Tuesday, 29 October
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane LGBTQIAP+SB - Let’s Chat about Suicide | Wednesday, 30 October
Gympie - Forced Adoption | Wednesday, 6 November
Brisbane Interactive Drawing Therapy (IDT) - IDT end-of-year reflection | Saturday, 16 November
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Victoria Park - Neurodiversity, Sexuality and Implications for Mental Health Professionals | Saturday, 26 October
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: Mount Gambier MHPN; Perth Eating Disorders MHPN; Southern Highlands Infant and Perinatal MHPN.
Is your practitioner group eligible for MHPN funding?
Are you part of a group of practitioners from different disciplines who meet for peer support or professional development? Your group might be eligible for MHPN funding!
If you have a group of professionals meeting regularly, you can apply to become an MHPN network with your existing group and access financial, administrative and strategic support from MHPN.
Webinars
Supporting the mental health of children living in out-of-home care
Tue 12th November | 7.15 - 8.30 PM (AEDT)
Attend this webinar to hear our interdisciplinary panel of experts 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… Health in all its Complexity
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care.
Episode 1 - Systems of Care
May and Louise sit down with General Practitioner and researcher Professor Michael Kidd, to explore the complexities of providing mental health care in a range of settings, from top-down health systems to working directly with patients.
LISTEN NOW:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | MHPN Website
Episode 2 - Working with the Inexplicable
May and Louise explore the challenges of providing primary health care when treating the rare, the unknown, the complex, the not learned about, and the different.
LISTEN NOW:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | MHPN Website
Creative Arts Therapy - All episodes out now!
Produced in partnership with ANZACATA and hosted by Professor Mark Creamer, this series features practising therapists and academics who explore the diversity of creative arts therapies and their therapeutic value.
Episode 1 - The Evidence | Listen now
Episode 2 - Qualifications and Competencies | Listen now
Episode 3 - Clients and Settings | Listen now
Episode 4 - Future Directions | Listen now
External opportunities
Manna Institute SymposiumWe are excited to announce the first ever Manna Symposium, which is bringing together researchers, students, industry stakeholders and community members to explore the topic Branching out: growing rural mental health research. Bringing the country to the city, the symposium will be held from 4-6 December in Sydney, and will shine a spotlight on rural mental health research and the innovative work being done with, for and by people living and working in rural, regional and remote Australia. |
ANZACATA Conference 2024Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 2024 | Ibis Hotel, 15-21 Therry Street, Melbourne Australia Two wonderful days of innovation in Art Therapy!! Two international keynote speakers: Dr Dave Gussak (Florida State University) and Prof Rainbow Tin Hung Ho (University of Hong Kong), 2 panels and 12 concurrent speakers. We also offer 4 experiential workshops and a FREE welcome reception for those who register. Register below or view the conference program. |
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Masterclass: Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Join the RANZCP for an exciting masterclass on perinatal and women’s mental health.
Medical practitioners $215 |
Orygen: The THRIVE ProjectOrygen is seeking to understand the learning needs of the youth mental health workforce, and they’d love to hear from you! You’ll be helping shape the future of professional development in youth mental health – and you’ll enter the draw to win a $100 gift voucher! |
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.
