Mental Health Interventions
Targeted at Youth Saturday 4th June 2011
Cairns
Paul McNamara BNg (Flin.), MMHNg (USQ), FACMHN and
Rachael Trott B.Occ Thy (UQ), Grad Dip Child Psych. (Monash), AccOT
acknowledgements
adolescence
bridging adolescence
Tiers of Service Provision
Tier One
Tier One
Who Informal supports Health sector Indigenous health sector - general Education sector Community services Youth Justice, Department of Child Safety
Tier One
What Parents providing love & encouragement Community health centres providing PPP Teachers celebrating achievement
“catch them being good” Community services identify risk
Tier Two
Tier Two
Who Indigenous health sector - social & emotional
wellbeing GP’s with extra training Paediatricians Private psychologists, counsellors, social
workers, mental health nurses, OTs Indigenous Health Workers with mental health
training Private psychiatrists Drug and alcohol workers
Tier Two
What Assessment Health advice Supportive counselling
grab a chatterbox
Tier Three
Referral
Complexity-severity of mental health problem Acuity-risk status Previous treatment Extent of interference and level of distress Involvement of other services/agencies
Assessment
WHY NOW???
Bio-psycho-social-cultural
Developmental Considerations
The Young Person in the System
Assessment of Risk
What is MOST likely to be helpful?
Family Interventions
Parent Interventions
Individual Interventions
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY NARRATIVE THERAPY EXPRESSIVE THERAPY, RATIONAL-EMOTIVE THERAPY, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, ART THERAPY, SANDTRAY THERAPY, ADVENTURE-BASED THERAPY, MINDFULNESS-BASED CBT.........
Challenges
CREATIVITY ACCESSIBILITY
APPROPRIATENESS
Systemic Interventions
Thankyou!