International Mental Health Seminar Series 2006
The Centre for International Mental Health, School of Population Health, will hold seminars on a regular basis with distinguished guest speakers from Australia and abroad. These seminars help to keep our staff, students and the interested public well informed on current issues and research in the area of international mental health and related fields, with a special theme focussing on peace and conflict.
Seminars are held between 12.30pm- 1.30pm in Room 515, 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, Victoria.
Seminar topics are announced on this site and via email notification to people on our CIMH database.
If you are interesting in receiving seminar notification via email please send contact details to Tania Miletic, CIMH Seminar Coordinator: tmiletic@unimelb.edu.au
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Upcoming 2007 Seminars in Mental Health Systems Development! Seminar Topic: ‘The Japanese Mental Health System Reform Process and Comparisons with Australia ’Guest Speaker: Dr Yutaro Setoya, Japan Date and Time: Our guest speaker is Dr. Yutaro Setoya, a Section Chief at the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan. He holds a PhD in Health Science (Mental Health) from Tokyo University. His interest is in child and adolescent mental health and community mental health and has many research experiences in these fields. He is working for the Japanese government, in research in order to support the decision making of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He is currently a Research Fellow at the CIMH. Dr. Setoya will present on the recent Japanese mental health system reforms and the implications for better system derived by comparing it with Australian system. We look forward to sharing in this event with you. The seminar is a free public seminar & no need to RSVP. For further information download the flyer for this seminar Yutas's Flyer |
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Previous seminars:Peace, Conflict & Development: An Emerging Paradigm for Development Workers Steve is the Humanitarian / Peace-Conflict Adviser for the Australian Government Agency for International Development (AusAID) in Canberra. In this role, he is responsible for supporting AusAID to integrate conflict prevention and peace-building goals into Steve will speak about his experiences and will outline some of the contemporary discourse about the role of development practitioners and humanitarian workers on preventing conflict and building peace in conflict-prone societies. He will attempt to draw attention to some of the implications of this discourse for mental health workers attempting to provide support to conflict-affected communities. Steve has been with AusAID for ten years and previously worked as a Program Manager within the Humanitarian & Emergencies Section; as the Emergencies Officer in the East Timor Section during the 1999 ballot and ensuing crisis; and as AusAID Liaison Officer to the UN agencies in Amman (Jordan) and Larnaca (Cyprus) during the 2003 conflict in Iraq. His current geographic focii include Solomon Islands, southern Philippines, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Nepal and Sudan. [download flyer | Steve Darvill's presentation and paper are now available for your perusal:
The author of this paper, Steve Darvill, is currently employed as the Humanitarian/Peace-Conflict Adviser to the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). He wishes to acknowledge the opportunity that this has provided to develop and refine his own thinking and ideas on the subject. Nevertheless, the views expressed in this paper are entirely his own and do not purport to necessarily represent the policies or views of the Australian Government or AusAID. {Tuesday May 2nd} The impacts of rurality on rural models of mental health services and practice Guest Speakers: Dr Barry McGrath, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health, Shepparton Time & Location: A/Professor Barry McGrath works in rural medical practice, undergraduate & postgraduate teaching and research. For the last four years he has sought to build a network of rural health professionals and institutions that might participate in education and research. These endeavours have led to the present research interests in models of rural health care; in such areas as mental health, palliative care and birthing. A/Professor Andrew Crowden is a bioethicist and chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne. His career has involved both the provision of care to individuals and the management of mental health services in rural settings. Presently, Andrew is based at the School of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne at Ballarat. In their presentation, Barry and Andrew will discuss emerging rural models of mental health services and practices. Discussion will open out to the implications and possibilities for these models to inform local and international approaches to mental health systems development in rural and remote settings. [download flyer | {Tuesday May 16th} "Marginal Man": a look at the Western Muslims and their difficulties with identity formation Guest Speaker: Dr Tanveer Ahmed, Psychiatry Registrar Time & Location: Dr Tanveer Ahmed is a psychiatry registrar and journalist. He is a former SBS television journalist and is a regular media commentator on issues related to multiculturalism. He is also the mental health expert for Men's Health magazine.
[download flyer | International Mental Health Seminar Series - Monday 25th September, 12.00 - 1.30pm, Room 515, 207 Bouverie St , Carlton.
Speakers: Dr Chandanie Hewage, Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ruhuna & Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka & Dr Jayan Mendis, Director, Angoda Psychiatric Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka The International Mental Health Seminar , "Mental Health Development Issues in Sri Lanka", was held on Monday 25th September, 12.00 - 1.30pm, Room 515, 207 Bouverie St , Carlton. Our guest speakers were Dr Chandanie Hewage, Head, Dept. Psychiatry, University of Ruhuna and Teaching Hospital Karapitiya. Dr Hewage, the only child and adolescent psychiatrist in Sri Lanka's Southern Province, provided an overview of mental health responses and developments following the Indian Ocean tsunami and described some of these experiences these through a case study and drawings of a young child. Dr Jayan Mendis is the Director of Sri Lanka's main psychiatric hospital- Angoda Psychiatric Hospital in Colombo. In the context of Sri Lanka's recent policy and plans for mental health reform and development, Dr Mendis discussed current reforms taking place at Angoda hospital. Download Flyer International Mental Health Seminar Series - Monday July 3rd, 12.30 - 1.30pm Seminar Topic: "Depression" or "Thinking too much"? Concepts of mental illness in the Somali community in Melbourne" Speaker: Dr Marion Bailes
Our guest speaker was Dr Marion Bailes. Marion is a general practitioner currently working in community health in Melbourne's north. She has an interest in transcultural and refugee health issues and last year completed her Master of Health Sciences (Transcultural Mental Health) at the Centre for International Mental Health. Marion presented findings from her research into the understandings of mental health problems held by members of the Somali community in Melbourne. She also discussed the influence of Islamic and traditional ideas on this group's concepts of and attitude toward mental illness and its treatment. Download Flyer Pages 1-10 Download Flyer Pages 11-20 Download Flyer Pages 21-32 International Mental Health Seminar Series - Monday July 25th, 12.45 - 1.45pm, Room 515, 207 Bouverie St , Carlton. Seminar Topic: "Developments in mental health in Cambodia" Speaker: Dr Chhit Sophal
Our guest speaker was Dr Chhit Sophal who was visiting from Cambodia. Dr Sophal is Deputy-Director, National Mental Health Program, Cambodia, and Chief of the Provincial Health Promotion Section, Battambang Department of Health. Dr Sophal provided an overview of Cambodia's mental health service development and an overview of the National Mental Health Program. Dr Sophal is also a University of Melbourne graduate, having completed the Master of International Mental Health in 2003. Download flyer |
