Some of the professional development opportunities available in June. Comment below or email the library if you would like to add anything.
Read –
professional reading
Wilson, I. M., Graham,
K., and Taft, A. (2016) Living the cycle
of drinking and violence: A qualitative study of women's experience of
alcohol-related intimate partner violence. Drug and Alcohol Review,
doi: 10.1111/dar.12405.
Weinberg, M. K., Noble, J. M. and Hammond,
T. G. (2016), Sleep well feel well: An
investigation into the protective value of sleep quality on subjective
well-being. Australian Jnl of
Psychology, 68: 91–97. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajpy.12098/abstract?campaign=woletoc
Lemon, G.,
Stanford, S., & Sawyer, A. M. (2016). Trust
and the Dilemmas of Suicide Risk Assessment in Non-government Mental Health
Services. Australian Social Work, 69(2), 145-157.
Attend –
informal learning sessions, journal club, seminar series
Intellectual disability mental health
e-Learning
Five new modules have been added to the IDMH
e-Learning platform.
New modules include:
- Module 9: Equality in mental health care – a guide for clinicians
- Module 10: Consent, decision-making and privacy – a guide for clinicians
- Module 11: Challenging behaviour – Introduction
- Module 12: Challenging behaviour – Assessment
- Module 13: Challenging behaviour – Management
IDMH e-learning is a way to enhance your
knowledge and skills relating to mental disorders and people with an
intellectual disability. You will be required
to sign up for an account to access the modules. All modules are self-paced
Introduction
to health and wellness – online course
This course
focuses on the latest trends in health, nutrition, physical activity, and
wellness. From stress management and sleep to overall wellbeing, explore
personal health, health related attitudes and beliefs, and individual health
behaviours.
Learning
outcomes:
- The role of health, nutrition, physical activity, and wellness in your daily life
- An understanding of how psychological and emotional health are connected to our overall wellbeing and health
- How to identify personal health risks based upon current lifestyle choices
- How to identify lifestyle changes that will enhance lifelong health
- How to evaluate the evidence to support healthy behaviours and lifestyles
When: Starts 6th June
Duration: 8 weeks, 18hr/week
Listen –
podcasts, webinars
Starlady: Supporting LGBTI Communities in
Rural, Regional and Remote areas – Webinar
Part of the
webinar series delivered by MindOUT! Visit their website for more details
closer to the date.
Date: 14th June
Leveraging
Mobile Technology to Build Concurrent Addiction Recovery Monitoring
and Relapse Prevention Capacity – Webinar
Hosted
by Turning Point and presented by Christopher R. Wilkins, Sr., MHA, this
seminar aims to equip attendees with knowledge about current trends in
health service delivery systems and in proliferation of mobile health
technology, to understand how current addiction treatment models compare to
those movements, and to understand the ACHESS mobile recovery support
application and its proliferation/uses.
This session will be available online.
When: Thursday 16th June 2016
Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm AEST
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/leveraging-mobile-technology-to-build-concurrent-addiction-recovery-monitoring-and-relapse-tickets-25637815396
Insight
webinar - Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorders (SIPD)
Presented by Assoc. Prof Leanne Hides Deputy
Director - Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR), QUT. Substance-induced psychotic disorders (SIPD)
are an under-recognised disorder that occurs in 30-50% of individuals
presenting to mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services. This
presentation will review the research evidence for SIPD and discuss the
clinical implications for identifying and
treating SIPD in mental health and AOD settings.
When: Wednesday,
1st June, 10 – 11am AEST
Working
together to support people who deliberately self-harm – MHPN webinar
Hear an interdisciplinary panel's perspective
on how to best support people who deliberately self-harm.
When: 20th
June, 7.15-8.30pm AEST
