Mental Health and Telemedicine Organizations and Their Events

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UPA is an institutional member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

The Telehealth Technology Research Institute is involved in all stages of invention and translation leading up to successful commercialization of the technology. The development of products that have market potential will result in low-risk/high-return opportunities for the Telehealth Technology Research Institute

It supports the development of an intenational and interdisciplinary science of consciousness, which would seek new ways to express and understand the relationships between mind and matter through a variety of activities including: international conferences, Web-based information, and scholarly publications in the Journal of Consciousness Studies and elsewhere.

Specifically, the Arizona legislature funded an eight site Arizona Rural Telemedicine Network as a general appropriation to The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center's operating budget. The Arizona legislature defines telemedicine as the use of computers, video imaging, fiber optics and telecommunications for diagnosis and treatment of persons in rural, geographically isolated communities and state institutions.

The program's goals are to demonstrate how telemedicine can improve rural health care in Arizona, particularly with the rising costs of health care leading to closure of critically needed hospitals and clinics in rural Arizona communities, and to offer a cost-effective alternative to expensive transportation and time delays for outside referrals from Arizona Department of Corrections institutions.

The EFMS is an academic research center at the University of Bamberg. Its work in the areas of migration, integration and migration policies encompasses research, documentation, consultative services, training and providing information to the public. This requires interdisciplinary and international cooperation as well as the exchange of information between researchers, politicians, administrators, educators, the public and those working in the media.

The efms seeks to assist in shaping a viable and humane migration policy.

1. Mental Health Film Series - Frames of Mind Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: May 16, 2012

Dennis Clegg was nicknamed “Spider” during childhood because of a fascination with arachnids. After thirty years in a facility for the mentally ill, he is released to an East End London halfway house, where he receives little care or attention from the landlady. Unsupervised and off his medication, he starts revisiting his childhood haunts, and reliving his lonely working-class boyhood as the only son of a hard-drinking plumber and his subdued wife. Disturbing memories of his father’s attempts to replace his mother in the household with a blousy, blonde seductress confuse Spider and threaten his (perhaps delusion) grasp on the past, and he spirals into fresh madness.

Presenters:

• Randall F White, Medical Director, BC Psychosis Program, University of British Columbia Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia [UBC], Vancouver, Canada
• Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia [UBC], Vancouver, Canada (moderator)

1. Child and Youth Mental Health Matters: "3 Conferences in One" Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: May 6-8, 2012
2. Health & Wellbeing in Children, Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: "Challenging Behaviour - The Tip of the Iceberg" Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: November 15-16, 2012
3. 6-th National Biennial Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: "Research - Results and Relevance; Integrating Research, Policy, and Promising Practice Around the World" Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: February 27-March 2, 2013

1. First National Parental Mental Health Conference
2. First International Young Carers Congress
3. Third International World Congress on Children with Mental Illness

This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of mental health with young people and parents and other stakeholders to share knowledge and experiences related to child and youth mental health.

This first ever gathering of this nature will provide a forum for focusing on the needs of young people and families as they struggle with issues related to mental health concerns across the generations. The overall goal of the concurrent conferences is help us develop a common language and understanding of the needs of young people and families. By bringing together people from diverse backgrounds we hope to enrich our collective knowledge of mental health strategies, best practices and the latest research in order to improve outcomes for young people and families. Our goal is to create at the conference a community of practice that spans the three themes where we can each share our knowledge and support while we discuss areas of mutual interest and concern.

Deadline for abstracts or proposals: 9/26/2011.

Event Contact:
(the link below is available for seeking more information)

Katia Selezeneva

604/822-0054
604/822-4835 fax

The term Developmental Disabilities [DD] refers to individuals with Intellectual Disability, Autism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and other Neurodevelopmental Syndromes. Children, youth and adults with DD are vulnerable to high rates of general health and mental health concerns. These concerns impact signii cantly on the affected individual’s quality of life as well as their families, caregivers and the community. This conference will provide educational and informative updates on psychiatric, behavioural and complex health components specific to individuals with DD, and showcase best practices in the field.

Specifically, the conference will focus on approaches to complex challenging behaviours, contributing medical issues and new developments in medication and behavioural treatment. In addition, the conference will address important health and mental health issues and will review common genetic syndromes such as Down Syndrome and Fragile X. This conference will engage health care providers and educators from a wide range of professional disciplines in knowledge transfer and interprofessional collaboration in order to maximize health and wellbeing so as to minimize disability and improve quality of life. The format will include plenaries, breakout sessions and poster sessions.

Objectives:

• Promote best practices in physical and mental health for individuals with developmental disabilities
• Recognize the multifactorial determinants of challenging behaviour
• Recognize the role of traumatic experiences in understanding challenging behaviour
• Maximize health and wellbeing in order to minimize disability and improve quality of life
• Share knowledge and common experiences with others working in the field

Research at the Center is diverse, covering the major sub-disciplines and techniques in neuroscience and ranges from cellular and molecular neurobiology through systems and developmental neuroscience to studies of human perception, attention, memory, language, and the nature of consciousness. The Center places special emphasis on sensory physiology, on the molecular-genetic basis of neuronal function and its development, on the search for genetic markers in psychiatric diseases, in addition combining information obtained from different brain-imaging techniques, including fMRI, and ERPs, for the study of human cognition and the development of improved methods to treat brain injury and disease.

Currently, the Center for Health and Technology offers programs in:

• Health Informatics
• Distance Education
• Outreach Programs
• The Telehealth Learning Center (established in 1999)
• The Telemedicine Program

The telemedicine program includes:

• Virtual Reality Training
• Home Health
• Teleradiology
• Acute Care
• Remote Monitoring
• Family Link

and covers many telemedicine specialties.

Specialized programs include cognitive-behavioral, group, family and couple psychotherapy. Evaluations are often multidisciplinary and may include psychiatric assessment, psychological testing, family or educational assessment, speech and language evaluation, or complete medical assessment.

Psychiatry faculty members engage in a wide variety of research programs, including inquiries into clinical processes; the causes, cures and neuropsychology of major psychiatric disorders; quality of care; medical education; and child and forensic psychiatry. Other topics under investigation include the nature and process of psychotherapy and ways in which "telemedicine" electronic telecommunications networks can be used to extend psychiatric care to rural and constrained patients.

Research studies are currently under way for children with autism, fragile X syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Down's syndrome, Tourette syndrome and other disorders that can prevent children from living lives of normalcy and independence.

Historically, attention to Asian Pacific American concerns in the delivery of mental health care has been minimal. NRCAAMH was founded out of a need for programmatic research devoted to Asian Pacific American mental health concerns. The Center aims to contribute theoretical and applied research that will have a valuable impact on mental health policy and service delivery to Asian Pacific Americans.

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