Progressing Mental Health Care for all Young People

Name: 2023 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference
Start: 2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC
End: 2023-03-22 00:00:00 UTC
Location: RACV Royal Pines Resort and Online

To provide the right mental health care for children and adolescents, we need to identify the gap between what we think the needs of Australian adolescents are, compared with the rates of actual service utilisation.

The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference is designed to provide practical skills, relevant information, personal insight, and strategies for professionals working in child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing.

Find out more about assessing, treating, & providing ongoing mental health support for children, young people, and their families.

At CAMH23 our focus is:

To address key mental and emotional health challenges facing children and adolescents whilst planning to improve their access to adequate mental health services and ensure the development of culturally tailored programs for marginal communities.

To support mental health professionals and emerging workers in the field by providing access to networking opportunities and a high level of professional development.
To provide a platform for government policy and initiatives to update, inform and seek feedback from the people who are living and delivering the services in the community.
To encourage multi-sectoral collaboration and create an engaging space for knowledge sharing, case studies and learning opportunities in order to advance mental health for future generations.

Why Attend CAMH23

✓ Walk away with ideas, insights and data.

Tune into the sessions and walk away with implementable smart ideas from the sector.

✓ Open your mind – expand your experience.

Shift your perspective and learn how to embed culturally responsive models of care our Indigenous, First Nations and CALD communities children and adolescents.

✓ Share, Collaborate and Listen.

Collaborate with your peers and learn from others in the field. Have your voice, research or insights seen and heard either as a presenter, or during the interactive Pan-Shops. This is your chance to create transformation in our sector.

✓ Learn the most up-to-date research, data and evidence-based plans from around the world.

Stay up to date with what’s going on in the industry and what the future will bring for our sector.

✓ Understand the current challenges and the opportunities.

Hear as we discuss what is happening in the field vs what needs to happen to support our sector workers as they face unprecedented demand and challenges.

✓ Take time out from your everyday to plan a stronger tomorrow.

Take time out to zone in and focus on the learning and content of what you need to confidently provide exceptional mental health services to your community.

SPECIAL OFFER

👉🏽 Use code INDUSTRYEVENTS to receive a 5% discount on in-person or virtual registrations!

Key Themes & Topics

Theme: Less Talk, More Action! Helping Children and Young People Navigate Identity, Connection & Diversity

Over three days, we will explore the topics of:

🌀 Early Intervention and Prevention

Wellbeing in childhood is associated with a range of positive outcomes such as higher academic attainment, economic security and improved social relationships. It is a long-term investment for society and requires a solid foundation of strategies across perinatal influences, family and other interpersonal relationships, schools and workplaces, sports, social and cultural activities, media influences, and both government and non-government services.

Transition points are critical times of great change and can often be the trigger for mental ill-health. We are seeking robust submissions that focus on evidence-based research and/or creative initiatives that can be applied early in life and/or early in the progression of a mental health condition.

Key Factors:

Infancy health factors
Preventative methods including physical activity, nutrition and use of role models
School based, community based or parent-targeted programs
Developmental challenges in the post Covid Era
Internet/Gaming Addiction
Bullying, on and offline

🌀 Service Development Including Empowering Children & Young People

Services aim to improve mental health and wellbeing of infants, children, adolescents, parents, guardians and carers, in order to reduce the lifetime risk and burden of mental illnesses within society. To achieve this, we need to continually transform and redesign service delivery, and adapt accordingly to internal and external influences, including the voices of the young. Services must up-skill and respond appropriately to diversity.

Key Factors:

Connecting and engaging young people and families
Exploring successful and/or alternative methods in support and treatment
What skills/opportunities are there for youth to positively shift structural barriers to access support?
How does feeling empowered/having a sense of agency impact the mental health of young people?
Comorbid mental health and other disorders
The coordinated response between health and social services such as housing and foster arrangements

🌀 Voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Did you know? Half the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is aged 21 years or younger and people aged 18–24 years report higher levels of psychological distress than non-Aboriginal people the same age.

The sector needs to work with and alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and workers, recognising and respecting their unique cultural and historical context and lived experience. The question remains, how?

Key Factors:

Respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural factors and responding accordingly
Indigenous led programs and projects for young people
Working with communities to improve mental health outcomes

🌀 The Needs of a Diverse Community, Identity and Youth

Australia has a diverse community – it is one of our greatest strengths. From LGBTIQA+ to migrants, refugees and those with disability - children and young people have the ability to make wonderful change.

It is well documented however that 80% of homophobic bullying occurs at school, with LGBTIQA+ communities three times more likely to experience depression.
Teenagers with disability or chronic conditions are also at greater risk of depression than peers.

Key Factors:

Intersectionality
Refugee and migrant cultural factors and responses
Supporting LGBTIQA+ young people and families
Working with young people with disabilities and long term planning

Learning Outcomes

Troubling Statistics

➔ 75% of mental disorders first emerge by the age of 14.

➔ 30% Almost one-third of all 4–17-year-olds experienced 2 or more mental disorders at some time in the previous 12 months.

➔ 591,000 Australian children and adolescents aged 4–17 years were assessed as experiencing mental health disorders

Sources:
Kessler RC, Berglund P, Demler O, et al. Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2005; 62: 593-602
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mental health services in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2021 [cited 2021 Jun. 8]
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2008. National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: summary of results, Australia, 2007. ABS cat. no. 4326.0. Canberra: ABS.

2023 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Progressing Mental Health Care for all Young People

Special Offer

Location

RACV Royal Pines Resort and Online

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Managed by

Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association

CPD/CME/CEU:

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Abi Cooper

Anne Hollonds

Associate Professor Aliza Werner-Seidler PhD

Dr Karen Hart

Joe Ball

Louise Grant

Michelle Rogers

Nicole Milburn

Professor Susan Danby

2023 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Progressing Mental Health Care for all Young People

Special Offer

Location

RACV Royal Pines Resort and Online

Stay Updated

Managed by

Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association

CPD/CME/CEU:

Key Themes & Topics

Learning Outcomes

Who Should Attend

Certification Received

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Abi Cooper

Anne Hollonds

Associate Professor Aliza Werner-Seidler PhD

Dr Karen Hart

Joe Ball

Louise Grant

Michelle Rogers

Nicole Milburn

Professor Susan Danby