Home
Our work
Our services
Our team
Our friends
Our cost
Payments

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Anorexia, child soldiers, attention deficit, natural disasters and mental health.
These were some of the topics discussed at the

17th World Congress of the International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions

Melbourne Convention Centre,
Sunday 10 September to Thursday 14 September

Resources:

The full conference program is available at www.iacapap2006.com
Abstracts of story highlights at www.scienceinpublic.com/2006/mental_health/conferencehighlights.htm

Media releases:

Full releases:

How to cut drug use, violence in schools
A landmark Australian study that examined the smoking, drinking and drug-taking habits of thousands of schoolchildren has shown there are ways to successfully intervene and cut high-risk activities in adolescence.
Suicide in Australia - children as young as 12... official figures understated
Children as young as 12 are killing themselves at an increasing rate, as evidence emerges that Australia’s suicide rate may be significantly higher than official figures, according to one of the country’s leading suicide researchers speaking at the international child mental health conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
Jailed for autism?
Vulnerable, undiagnosed autistic children are over-represented in the juvenile justice system, says Monash University researcher and clinician Dr Teresa Flower, speaking at the international child mental health conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
Aboriginal youth at greater risk of mental health problems
Australia’s only Aboriginal psychiatrist says that Aboriginal infants, children and adolescents have higher rates of disadvantage than the general community, leading to more emotional and mental health problems.
Call for urgent action on child mental health - A generation of mentally ill adults predicted
Disadvantaged children are set to become a new generation of mentally ill adults that will swamp Australia’s health system unless urgent action is taken, according to one of Australia’s leading mental health specialists.
How safe are the drugs used to treat ADHD? And are they over-prescribed?
Every day about 50,000 Australian children take drugs to counter ADHD, yet there is still strong debate in medical circles about whether we are doing the right thing by out children. The debate will be an ongoing discussion at a key international infant, child and adolescent mental health conference that gets underway in Melbourne today.

Stories in Brief:

Sociable babies; bilingual children in front; we can cut drugs in school

Australia doing harm to young minds; deadly medications; brain injury sets back social skills…

Compulsive mothers, autistic children, music manages moods, and more...

Children and war, 9/11, bullying, graffiti and more...

Media enquiries – Jo Gajewski, 0429 388 822, +61 (429) 388822

General enquiries: please contact the people and organisations mentioned in our media releases

Media: for more information please contact Niall Byrne, Science in Public, niall@scienceinpublic.com.au, ph +61 (3) 9398 1416.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Anorexia, child soldiers, attention deficit, natural disasters and mental health.
These were some of the topics discussed at the

17th World Congress of the International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions

How to cut drug use, violence in schools
A landmark Australian study that examined the smoking, drinking and drug-taking habits of thousands of schoolchildren has shown there are ways to successfully intervene and cut high-risk activities in adolescence.

Jailed for autism?
Vulnerable, undiagnosed autistic children are over-represented in the juvenile justice system, says Monash University researcher and clinician Dr Teresa Flower, speaking at the international child mental health conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Aboriginal youth at greater risk of mental health problems
Australia’s only Aboriginal psychiatrist says that Aboriginal infants, children and adolescents have higher rates of disadvantage than the general community, leading to more emotional and mental health problems.

Stories in Brief:

Sociable babies; bilingual children in front; we can cut drugs in school

Babies try to form social bonds from birth

Babies in violent homes get post-traumatic stress

Two tongues better than one for growing minds

Intellectually disabled young people missing out on treatment for mental illness

Genetics will dictate how we treat mental illness

Australia doing harm to young minds; deadly medications; brain injury sets back social skills…

Child brain injury sets back social skills

How deadly are medications for children?

Terrorism, disaster and child mental health

Serious harm to child refugees detained by Australia

A perplexing disorder – parents fabricating illness

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference Anorexia, child soldiers, attention deficit, natural disasters and mental health. These were some of the topics discussed at the 17th World Congress of the International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions

How to cut drug use, violence in schools A landmark Australian study that examined the smoking, drinking and drug-taking habits of thousands of schoolchildren has shown there are ways to successfully intervene and cut high-risk activities in adolescence.

Jailed for autism? Vulnerable, undiagnosed autistic children are over-represented in the juvenile justice system, says Monash University researcher and clinician Dr Teresa Flower, speaking at the international child mental health conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Aboriginal youth at greater risk of mental health problems Australia’s only Aboriginal psychiatrist says that Aboriginal infants, children and adolescents have higher rates of disadvantage than the general community, leading to more emotional and mental health problems.

Stories in Brief:

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Anorexia, child soldiers, attention deficit, natural disasters and mental health.
These were some of the topics discussed at the

17th World Congress of the International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions

How to cut drug use, violence in schools
A landmark Australian study that examined the smoking, drinking and drug-taking habits of thousands of schoolchildren has shown there are ways to successfully intervene and cut high-risk activities in adolescence.

Jailed for autism?
Vulnerable, undiagnosed autistic children are over-represented in the juvenile justice system, says Monash University researcher and clinician Dr Teresa Flower, speaking at the international child mental health conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Aboriginal youth at greater risk of mental health problems
Australia’s only Aboriginal psychiatrist says that Aboriginal infants, children and adolescents have higher rates of disadvantage than the general community, leading to more emotional and mental health problems.