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Program

See below for the 2015 TheMHS Conference Program.

This is a basic schedule which details the session names and locations. You may click on a session name to see further details about that session - including speakers, presentation titles, abstracts and speaker biographies.

Please be aware that this program is subject to change at the discretion of TheMHS.

A fully searchable program featuring the full abstracts and all authors will be available on the TheMHS website shortly. 


Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S004: Effectiveness & equity of access S005: NDIS - funding, workforce, reform S006: Reflecting on Advanced Directives S007: Erasing the stigma of mental illness S008: Snapshots - families & carers S009: Featured Symposium - Aftermath of Military Combat S010: Lived Experience and Research S011: Workforce Education - online resource MHPOD S012: Talking About & Preventing Suicide S013: Snapshots - social inclusion; best practice; reducing stigma S014: Collaborative MH Research ePosters 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S015: Aboriginal wellbeing model S016: Better Physical Health S017: Reflections on communicating lived experience S018: Knowledge to Recovery S019: Trauma, Stress in Workplace S020: Employment - disability & MH S021: Co-design & Partnership S022: Empowering Change, Healthy Workforce S023: Telephone Interventions & Helplines S024: Keynote Q&A - Pat Corrigan S025: Award Recipients - Early Career Researchers ePosters 2
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S026: Service Quality & Reform S027: Stigma, Human Rights, Legal issues S028: Families, Caring for Young & Old S029: Mentally Healthy Community; Women S030: Trauma, PTSD & Best Practice S031: Youth MH - Evidence & Recovery S032: Peer Workers, Peer Health Coaching S033: Studies of Recovery S034: Voices, Lived Experience, Recovery S035: Online, Web-based MH Help S036: Understanding Treatment Experiences & Challenges ePosters 3
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception





Track 11
Track 12
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S014: Collaborative MH Research ePosters 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S025: Award Recipients - Early Career Researchers ePosters 2
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S036: Understanding Treatment Experiences & Challenges ePosters 3
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 1
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S004: Effectiveness & equity of access
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S015: Aboriginal wellbeing model
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S026: Service Quality & Reform
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 2
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S005: NDIS - funding, workforce, reform
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S016: Better Physical Health
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S027: Stigma, Human Rights, Legal issues
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 3
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S006: Reflecting on Advanced Directives
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S017: Reflections on communicating lived experience
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S028: Families, Caring for Young & Old
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 4
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S007: Erasing the stigma of mental illness
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S018: Knowledge to Recovery
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S029: Mentally Healthy Community; Women
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 5
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S008: Snapshots - families & carers
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S019: Trauma, Stress in Workplace
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S030: Trauma, PTSD & Best Practice
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 6
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S009: Featured Symposium - Aftermath of Military Combat
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S020: Employment - disability & MH
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S031: Youth MH - Evidence & Recovery
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 7
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S010: Lived Experience and Research
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S021: Co-design & Partnership
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S032: Peer Workers, Peer Health Coaching
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 8
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S011: Workforce Education - online resource MHPOD
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S022: Empowering Change, Healthy Workforce
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S033: Studies of Recovery
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 9
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S012: Talking About & Preventing Suicide
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S023: Telephone Interventions & Helplines
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S034: Voices, Lived Experience, Recovery
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 10
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S013: Snapshots - social inclusion; best practice; reducing stigma
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S024: Keynote Q&A - Pat Corrigan
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S035: Online, Web-based MH Help
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 11
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM S014: Collaborative MH Research
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM S025: Award Recipients - Early Career Researchers
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM S036: Understanding Treatment Experiences & Challenges
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 12
Wednesday Plenary: Royal Theatre
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM S001: Opening Ceremony
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM S002: Awards presentations
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM S003: Keynote address by Pat Corrigan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ePosters 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SANE Launch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ePosters 2
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM ePosters 3
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception


Thursday, August 27, 2015

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S038 A: Turning Research into Practice; S038 B: Transforming Mental Health S039A: Sharing Experiences; S039B: Guidelines & Competencies S040: Community; Trauma-informed Care S041: Progressing Employment S042: Aspects of workforce S043: Why Not a Peer Worker? S044: MH First-Aid Today & Tomorrow S045: Recovery College - experience & achievements S046: Snapshots - Experiences of Recovery S047 A: Keynote Q&A - Pat Dudgeon. S047 B: Aboriginal communities S048: Service Models into Practice ePosters 4
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S049: Indigenous Wellbeing - Evidence into Action S050: Peer Work - experience, training, development S051: Best Practice & The Private Sector S052: Inpatient Services - Reducing Conflict & Seclusion S053: The Law & Legislative Reform S054: Peer Workforce - challenges & capabilities S055: Improving Supervision by Reflective Dialogue S056: Effective Reduction of Stigma & Discrimination S057: Workforce past, present, future S058: Improving Quality of Care for BPD S059: Strategies Towards Recovery ePosters 5
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S060: Framework of Recovery & Transformational Coaching S061: Housing and Recovery S062: Families - hope, interventions, best practice S063: Peer Work & Shared Decsionmaking S064: Culture, Society, Communication S065: Snapshots - Recovery, Peer Workforce, Homelessness S066: Snapshots - A Recovery Lens S067: Governance, Language, Accommodation S068: Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity S069: Snapshots - experience, hoarding, homelessness, workforce S070: Support, interventions, living well ePosters 6
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM S071: Film Festival - "Once upon a time in the city of the mad" Part 2





Track 11
Track 12
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S048: Service Models into Practice ePosters 4
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S059: Strategies Towards Recovery ePosters 5
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S070: Support, interventions, living well ePosters 6
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 1
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S038 A: Turning Research into Practice; S038 B: Transforming Mental Health
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S049: Indigenous Wellbeing - Evidence into Action
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S060: Framework of Recovery & Transformational Coaching
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 2
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S039A: Sharing Experiences; S039B: Guidelines & Competencies
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S050: Peer Work - experience, training, development
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S061: Housing and Recovery
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM S071: Film Festival - "Once upon a time in the city of the mad" Part 2

Track 3
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S040: Community; Trauma-informed Care
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S051: Best Practice & The Private Sector
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S062: Families - hope, interventions, best practice
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 4
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S041: Progressing Employment
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S052: Inpatient Services - Reducing Conflict & Seclusion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S063: Peer Work & Shared Decsionmaking
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 5
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S042: Aspects of workforce
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S053: The Law & Legislative Reform
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S064: Culture, Society, Communication
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 6
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S043: Why Not a Peer Worker?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S054: Peer Workforce - challenges & capabilities
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S065: Snapshots - Recovery, Peer Workforce, Homelessness
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 7
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S044: MH First-Aid Today & Tomorrow
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S055: Improving Supervision by Reflective Dialogue
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S066: Snapshots - A Recovery Lens
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 8
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S045: Recovery College - experience & achievements
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S056: Effective Reduction of Stigma & Discrimination
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S067: Governance, Language, Accommodation
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 9
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S046: Snapshots - Experiences of Recovery
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S057: Workforce past, present, future
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S068: Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 10
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S047 A: Keynote Q&A - Pat Dudgeon. S047 B: Aboriginal communities
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S058: Improving Quality of Care for BPD
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S069: Snapshots - experience, hoarding, homelessness, workforce
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 11
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S048: Service Models into Practice
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM S059: Strategies Towards Recovery
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM S070: Support, interventions, living well
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Track 12
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday Plenary: Royal Theatre
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S037: Keynote address by Pat Dudgeon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ePosters 4
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ePosters 5
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ePosters 6
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM


Friday, August 28, 2015


















Track 12
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM S081: Keynote Address by Joe Parks
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Tea - Friday
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ePosters 7
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Friday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Friday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM S104: Closing Address/Ceremony
Handover of banner; presentation of prize for best ePoster


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