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

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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!