Adolescent Mental Health depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying Part 2

Panellists

• Dr Peter Parry
  
  Qualifications: MBBS, FRANZCP, Cert Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (RANZCP)
  Profession: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

  Dr Peter Parry is a child & adolescent psychiatrist with the Southern Adelaide Health Service – CAMHS, and a senior lecturer at Flinders University. He graduated from Adelaide Medical School in 1983, was a medical officer in the Royal Australian Navy, general practitioner and worked in palliative care before training in psychiatry from 1990 at Glenside Hospital in South Australia.

  Since 1995 Peter has worked in both inpatient and outpatient CAMHS services in South Australia and the UK. He has an interest in mindfulness based psychotherapy, developmental psychology and the models underpinning psychiatric diagnosis and has published on the controversy surrounding the diagnosis of paediatric bipolar disorder in the USA.



• Dr Simon Kinsella
  
  Qualifications: B.Sc.(Hons), Dip.S.O.Hyp., PhD, MAPS
  Profession: Clinical Psychologist

  Dr Simon Kinsella is a Melbourne based clinical psychologist with over 17 years experience. He completed a PhD researching the links between family conflict, family functioning and life satisfaction.  He was a senior clinical psychologist in the Austin Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, and in the adolescent day patient program at the Albert Road Clinic.

  Currently Dr Kinsella works full time in private practice, where he consults children, adolescents, families and adults.  He is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. 

  He holds statutory positions as an independent medical examiner and as a panelist for the disciplinary review board. He is also the current Chairman of the Victorian State Committee of the Australian Psychological Society and Chairman of the Melbourne Branch of the Australian Psychological Society.



• Ann Garden
  
  Qualifications: BA (Soc.Sci) Cert. Family Therapy, Cert. Dev. Psychiatry, Dip. Clin. Hypnosis, M Nursing, Cert Advanced Pharmacology
  Profession: Family Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner

  Ann Garden provides mental health assessment and intervention for children, adolescents and families within a multidisciplinary private practice in Frankston, Melbourne. She has extensive experience working in the areas of serious mental illness, autism spectrum disorder, family conflict and with clients who have been victims of trauma, crime or childhood abuse. 

  Ann has worked in a broad range of settings including CAMHS services, mental health in patient settings and in University, Tafe and Welfare sectors.  Ann holds clinical membership with the PACFA and is Credentialed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.



• Dr Mary Emeleus
  
  Qualifications: MBBS BSc(Med), FRACGP Grad Dip Rural, MMH (Psychotherapy)
  Profession: General Practitioner
  Mary is a GP and Psychotherapist working at headspace Cairns. She has a mixed role as Senior Clinician, including seeing clients for medical, psychological medicine and psychotherapy appointments, supervising counselling staff and contributing to management. She previously worked at headspace Townsville for four years in a similar role and was GP Advisor to Mental Health Programs for Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local. 
  
  Her professional interests include lifestyle medicine, adolescent mental health, early psychosis intervention, psychological and social approaches to psychosis, Balint groups and Psychodynamic, Jungian and Existential theory & practice. 
  

  Memberships include Australian Society for Psychological Medicine (www.aspm.org.au) (committee member), RACGP NFSI Psychological Medicine Network, Balint Society of Australia and the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) (www.isps.org.au). 

  
  



• Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
  
  Qualifications: PhD MAPS
  Profession: Adolescent psychologist
  Based in: Kew, Melbourne, Victoria

  Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is an adolescent psychologist working in private practice in Kew, Melbourne. He has held a variety of appointments including:

  • Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation and Director of the Centre for Social Health at the University of Melbourne
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne (1993).

  In addition to being the Agony Uncle for Girlfriend Magazine for the last 6 years, Michael is also the parenting expert for Channel 7's Sunrise and the Morning Show, and is a social commentator on Fairfax radio 3AW.  

Resources

The following resources support the webinar:

Case study

• Tim— Adolescent Mental Health: depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying Psychologist view PDF [658 KB]
• Tim— Adolescent Mental Health: depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying Psychiatrist view PDF [1.3 MB]
• Tim— Adolescent Mental Health: depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying GP view PDF [1.2 MB]
• Tim— Adolescent Mental Health: depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying Mental health Nurse view PDF [767 kB]

Slides

 Adolescent Mental Health: depression, suicidality and cyber-bullying Part 2 PDF [253 KB]

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