INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRISTS INC
Affiliate Member - World Psychiatric Association
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Psychiatry, the Law and Addiction
Organised by Institute of Australasian Psychiatrists (IAP) with assistance from Remote Mental Health Alice Springs Conference
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
23rd - 25th March 2012
DAY ONE . Friday 23rd March 2012
Olive Pink Botanic Garden Reception Tuncks Road and Barrett Drive
9.00am Registration
9.30am Welcome - Marjorie Lindner - Traditional Indigenous Woman,
Alice Springs, Remote Mental Health Worker, Alice Springs Mental Health
Unit
9.40am Introduction - Dr Anne Noonan - Consultant Psychiatrist, MSOAP;
IAP President
9.45am Presentation - gFirst Language - Importance as a therapeutic and
educational toolh
Marjorie Lindner, Phylis Gorey - Traditional Indigenous Woman, Alice
Springs, Remote Mental Health Worker, Alice Springs Mental Health Unit
Barbara Shaw - Traditional Indigenous Woman, Alice Springs Community
Spokesperson
10.30am Morning tea
10.45am Lecture - gAddiction, Cultural Law and the Womenfs Night Patrolh
Jenny McFarland - Cultural Anthropologist with a particular interest in cross
cultural law and justice
11.30am Lecture . gDifferential Diagnosis of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and Autismh
Dr Ashok Abhyankar . IAP Member; Consultant Child & Adolescent
Psychiatrist, Top End Mental Health Service . Darwin
Followed by Audience discussion
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12.30pm Lunch followed by free time in garden
2.00pm Lecture - "Warning: disturbing/offensive material enclosed": inside the
criminal (lawyer's) mind
Russell Goldflam . Barrister & Solicitor
Director - Alice Springs Legal Aid Services
Followed by Audience discussion
2.45pm Lecture . gWhy and What?h . 30 years experience in Central Australia
Yvon Magnery . Former Director Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation,
Probation Officer, Tennant Creek
Followed by Audience discussion
3.30pm Refreshments at the Olive Pink
4.00pm Conclusion . gAlcohol and Central Australiah
Dr Marcus Tabart . Psychiatrist, Alice Springs remote communities
4.30pm Close
6.00pm Free Time
Dinner suggestions - Hanamanfs; Crowne Plaza or Montifs
DAY TWO . Saturday 24th March 2012
Liebig Building - Alice Springs Hospital
Gap Road
Morning Free Time
Suggestions:
. Desert Park - www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au
. Araluen Cultural Precinct - www.nretas.nt.gov.au/arts-andmuseums/
ascp
1.00pm IAP members only
Lecture . gMaintenance of Certification Programh - How the recently
introduced continuing education requirements function in Canada
Dr Heiti Muul, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; IAP Secretary
2.00pm Conference Resumes
Lecture - gFASD and criminal justice: Policing, pleading, process, penaltyh
Heather Douglas . Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Queensland,
Researcher & Teacher in the area of criminal justice
3.00pm Coffee
3.15pm Lecture . gIncreasing awareness of the peri natal periodh
Elaine Kernode - Consultant Psychiatrist, Queensland MSOAP;
IAP Member
4.00pm Lecture - Archetyping the Addict- Dismemberment, Dissociation and
Prohibition in the myth of Dionysos, God of Intoxication including an extract
from the Central Australian Sugarman Project film
Craig San Roque - Consultant Psychologist & Analyst together with Stella
Hayes - Psychologist Sexual Abuse Referral and Counseling Service
5.00pm Close
6.00pm Dinner at Olive Pink
DAY THREE . Sunday 25th March 2012
Liebig Building - Alice Springs Hospital
Gap Road
9.00am IAP AGM (IAP members only)
10.00am Conference Resumes
Lecture . gReflections on Origins of Indigenous Languagesh
Bill Wilkie . Consultant Psychiatrist, Queensland; IAP Member
10.45am Morning Tea
11.00am Open Clinical Questions
Experience of working in drug and alcohol in Alice Springs
Dr.Goulnara Sowman - Psychiatric Registrar ASH;
IAP Associate Member
Midday Close
Information
Michela Noonan: michelanoonan@yahoo.com.au
Jess Lim: iap.asst@gmail.com
Mobile: Anne Noonan - 0406 975 645
Address: PO Box 98, Salamander Bay, NSW 2317
RSVP: 14 March 2012
Cost
Cost for all IAP members and Remote Mental Health Services(RMHS) practitioners is
free. This does not include meals:
Lunch and other refreshments at Olive Pink on Day One - Fri 23rd March is $30 pp
Dinner at Olive Pink on Day Two - Sat 24th March is $60 pp
Cost for all other attendees at the conference is $120 for all three days not inclusive of
meals (see above for prices).
Breakfast is available every morning at Olive Pink from 8.30am (at own expense)
Travel
There are return flights to Alice Springs from Australian cities.
For those who would like to do sightseeing, there are daily flights to Yulara (Ayres
Rock) from major cities. There are also return flights from Alice Springs to Yulara. Car
hire is easily booked. The drive to Alice Springs is about 5 hours on a sealed road.
Accommodation
There is ample choice and the best contact is Alice Springs Tourist Board
www.centralaustraliantourism.com/
. Crowne Plaza Alice Springs, close to Olive Pink, has advance bookings.
See online. I am told that online there is current offer of $115.00.
. The Desert Palms is also near Olive Pink
. The Oasis is pleasant medium priced hotel near the hospital
INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRISTS INC
Affiliate Member - World Psychiatric Association
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Registration
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Mr/Mrs/Ms
Address:
Phone: Fax: Email:
Occupation & Place of Work:
Are you a member of IAP? Yes . No .
FULL REGISTRATION
Full registration includes three days of conference 23-25 March 2012. Registration fees do not
include lunch or dinner.
IAP Member: Free Central Australia Mental Health Staff: Free
All other attendees: $120 per person
WILL YOU REQUIRE CATERING ON THESE DAYS?:
Registration excludes food. You are welcome to join us for meals. Cash payment to be made at
time but to let caterers know numbers:
COFFEE, LUNCH AND AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS - FRIDAY 23rd MARCH - $30 pp
DINNER - SATURDAY 24th MARCH - $60 pp
PAYMENT SUMMARY:
PAYMENT DETAILS
CHEQUE
Please send cheque or money order made out to IAP for above amount and send to:
PO Box 98, Salamander Bay, NSW 2317
DIRECT DEBIT
Account Name: Institute of
Australasian
Psychiatrists
Incorporated
BSB No: 032-195 Account No: 15-3280
Please include your NAME in the payment reference.
CASH . I will pay cash on the day.
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Please send this form along with cheque/money order for registration fee to:
Institute of Australasian Psychiatrists
PO Box 98, Salamander Bay, NSW 2317
You can also fax or email this registration form to:
Fax: (02) 9960 1698
Email: michelanoonan@yahoo.com.au
For more information, please email Michela Noonan at michelanoonan@yahoo.com.au
Please return this Registration Form by no later than 14 March 2012.
Thank you - we look forward to seeing you at the conference!
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