Inner South Family and Friends Support Group Meeting Tuesday 9 August 2016

Venue: Betty Day Centre, 67 Argyle Street, St Kilda at 7.30pm

  •  Kirsten Gainsford, Research Assistant, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)
    Will provide a short summary of a randomised clinical trial at MAPrc investigating a gentle form of brain stimulation and whether it can be used to improve thinking skills in people with diagnosed schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
  •  Dr Brendan O’Hanlon, Mental Health Program Manager of Bouverie CentreTopic: ‘Family Sensitive Practice’
    Dr O’Hanlon’s responsibilities include guiding the work of the centre’s mental health program and building the capacity of the services in these sectors to work constructively with families.Among Dr Hanlon’s many interests are family psycho-educational approaches within mental health services including Behavioural Family Therapy and Multiple Family Groups. His talk will include methods of implementing an evidence-based family intervention within the routine practice of an Adult Mental Health Service and the psychological trauma affecting individuals directly and indirectly suffering from psychosocial disabilities /mental illness.

    The Bouverie Centre, part of La Trobe University is Victoria’s Family Institute, dedicated to promoting contextually compassionate human services, focussing on family and systemic approaches specifically in Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug, Gambling and related fields.

All welcome, light supper provided.

No need to RSVP but please come early if coming for the first time so we can introduce you to some of our committee members. We are generally there by 7.10pm. Supper is set up by 7.15. There is no charge, but a gold coin donation towards supper is always appreciated