Meeting topics that were popular in 2020

27/01/2021

Read on for meeting topics popular in 2020 and resources that can be useful at your next meeting.

Meeting topics that were popular in 2020:

Natural disasters and emergency relief
Older person's mental health
Eating disorders
Child and adolescent
Suicidality and self-harm
Alcohol and other drugs
Pain and mental health
Eating disorders
Perinatal and infant
Trauma
Practitioner self-care
Domestic and family violence

Use this list as a starting point to brainstorm ideas for your network.
If one of these topics is of interest, the following resources may be useful to discuss at your meeting:

Natural disasters and emergency relief

Conversation between experts in disaster recovery podcast.
Community Trauma Toolkit contains resources to help and support adults and children before, during, and after a disaster or traumatic event.
The Disaster Mental Health Hub, provided by Phoenix Australia

Older person's mental health

Article: Compassion and connection to enrich our lives.

Child and adolescent

'Highlights in Child Mental Health Research: December 2019'. These articles provide latest research for discussion at meetings.
Or listen to conversations on a variety of topics related to children’s social and emotional wellbeing. New episodes are released fortnightly.

Suicidality and self-harm

Webinar: Responding to the needs of a person presenting with suicidality

Alcohol and other drugs

Dr Hester Wilson provided a case study in the newsGP publication. You could discuss the case study and listen to the The Black Dog Institute podcast Alcohol misuse and mental health (35 min).

Pain and mental health

Webinar: Working collaboratively to address the mental health of people experiencing chronic pain.

Eating disorders

Eating disorders guidelines National Eating Disorders Collaboration provides resources for health professionals on their website.

Perinatal and infant

Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) offers a free resource for practitioners in the form of the National Perinatal Mental Health Guideline s.

Trauma

Online support and help lines are provided in the eMHPrac mental health Directory
Blue Knot Foundation provide information for health professionals who work in various capacities with clients with complex trauma histories.
Phoenix Australia provide resources for practitioners.

Practitioner self-care

Webinar Self-care for mental health practitioners.
TEN – The Essential Network is a new app developed by Health Professionals to support Health Professionals. Access self-tests, video resources and support services by downloading the TEN app here: blackdoginstitute.org.au

Domestic and family violence

Emerging Minds provide a suite of family and domestic violence (FDV) e-learning courses for practitioners working in all adult-focused services who engage with adult and family adversity, could inform your discussion.
Child Family Community Australia provide an article Fathering programs in the context of domestic and family violence and other resources on their website.

Useful websites:

The Guidelines Portal provides a single entry point for access to clinical practice guidelines developed for use in Australian health care settings: www.clinicalguidelines.gov.au
Developed by eMHPrac (e-Mental Health in Practice) in collaboration with the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, wellmob.org.au is a website of culturally relevant online resources to support social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Partners in Wellbeing offer free mental health and wellbeing support for people across Victoria.

Meeting topics that were popular in 2020

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