In 2023, our conference theme is:
Justice and equity: Issues and solutions for Rural and Remote Mental Health
✔️ Supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities
- Optimising service delivery for First Nations populations in rural and remote locations
- First Nations Workforce, Leadership and Mentorship
- Sustaining and growing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health social/emotional wellbeing services
- Growing and supporting the Aboriginal workforce
- Recognising and redressing racism in mainstream rural mental health services
- Addressing the social and economic drivers of social and emotional wellbeing with First Nations families
- Role of family and support networks in First Nations Communities & Working with Community
✔️ Inclusive Practice
- Achieving equity of access for marginalised population
- Inclusion, safety and belonging for LGBTQIA+, people with disability, and other marginalised groups
- Supporting the mental health needs of people with an intersectional identity
- Connecting & designing meaningful solutions with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people
- Access and equity for marginalised population
- Affirmative action, positive inclusion
- Lived-experience of marginalised and vulnerable groups
- Challenges and solutions for young people from minority and/or potentially priority populations/groups
✔️ Social, Emotional and Cultural Determinants of Mental Health
- Housing, homelessness and financial stress in rural communities – Redressing Inequality
- The impact of and responses to trauma and vicarious trauma
- Social and emotional support for rural farming communities
- Environmental Hardships ie: drought, floods, bushfires, climate change, pandemics.
✔️ Communities Driving Solutions & Engagement
- Community-based groups’ challenges and opportunities
- Communities’ role in supporting and promoting awareness, resilience and health
- The role of volunteer network’s in improving mental wellbeing
- Proactive communication, building resilience & empowering communities
- Health access and/or limited access
- Addressing increased demand of infant, child and adolescent mental health, referrals
- Innovative partnerships for better mental health
- Enhancing community connectedness
✔️ Future of Rural and Remote Mental Health / New & Innovative Approaches to Care
- Co-design in planning, implantation and reviews
- Integrated service models
- Understanding the needs of young people in rural areas and adapting effective strategies
- Digital Mental Health
- Suicide Prevention
- Innovation in care co-ordination
- Social prescribing
- Importance of Data, Research & application of it. What is the latest research? What are the trends?
- Case studies, evidence-based research. Disseminating research learnings
✔️ Mental Health Workforce
- Attraction and retention of rural workforce
- Challenges affecting rural mental health professionals
- Lived-experience and Peer Workforce
- New and Emerging workforces
Why should I attend RMHC in 2023?
Our mission at RMHC is to connect you with the most advanced and adaptable mental health service solutions which you can use right away in your rural community. You will walk away from this conference knowing it was the most valuable and inspiring three days in your year, and it has equipped you with the skills and ideas you need to make big changes – for yourself, your clients, and your community.