Innovation and Implementation: Improving the Mental Health of Youth

This is the annual conference of the RANZCP’s section of youth mental health.  The program is as follows:

FRIDAY 9 MARCH 2018 12.15–1.00 pm Registration: tea and coffee 1.00–1.15 pm Welcome Dr James Scott 1.15–3.00 pm Innovation in youth mental health services 1.15–2.00 pm Innovating in youth early psychosis Dr Paul Denborough 2.00–2.30 pm It’s about time: reducing cardiometabolic risk in young people with psychosis Dr Jackie Curtis 2.30–3.00 pm Panel discussion 3.00–3.30 pm Afternoon tea 3.30–5.30 pm Management of sleep and metabolic disorders 3.30–4.00 pm Sleep Dr Megan Kalucy 4.00–4.30 pm How can we stop killing our youth: managing antipsychotic-related cardiometabolic disorders A/Prof Dan Siskind 4.30–5.00 pm Managing prolactin levels Dr Sharon Foley 5.00–5.30 pm Panel discussion 6.00–8.00 pm Reception: drinks and canapes

SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2018 8.30–9.00 am Coffee and registration 9.00–10.30 am Management of externalising behaviours in youth 9.00– 9.30 am ADHD Dr Hugh Morgan 9.30–10.00 am Substance abuse and youth Dr Lisa Juckes 10.00–10.30 am Panel discussion 10.30–11.00 am Morning tea 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Problems of sexual behaviour, addiction and impulse control in youth 11.00–11.30 am Videogames and mental health: opportunities and challenges for wellbeing Prof Daniel Johnson 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Problem sexual behaviours Dr Scott Harden 12.00–12.30 pm Panel discussion 12.30–1.30 pm Lunch 1.30–3.00 pm Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in youth 1.30– 2.00 pm ID and ASD in youth Dr Cathy Franklin 2.00– 2.30 pm Management of ASD in youth Dr Jennifer Harrison 2.30–3.00 pm Panel discussion 3.00–3.15 pm Afternoon tea 3.15–5.15 pm Workshop: working with families in clinical practice Dr Anne Maree Bickerton Dr Elizabeth Mackenzie 5.15–5.30 pm Concluding remarks