Events
Events Calendar
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 March 2019 | International Women's Day |
| 20 March 2019 | International Day of Happiness |
| 21 March 2019 | National Close the Gap Day |
| 26 March - 30 March 2019 | Hawaiian Ride for Youth |
| 31 March 2019 | Neighbour Day |
| 26 May 2019 | National Sorry Day |
| 27 May - 3 June 2019 | National Reconciliation Week |
| 12 April - 14 April 2019 | The 2019 Suicide Prevention Summit |
| 10 June - 16 June 2019 | Men's Health Week |
| 7 July - 14 July 2019 | NAIDOC Week |
| 30 July 2019 | National Day of Friendship |
| 31 August 2019 | International Overdose Awareness Day |
| 2 September - 7 September 2019 | Women's Health Week |
| 10 September 2019 | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 12 September 2019 | R U OK? Day |
| 1 October - 7 October 2019 | Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week |
| 6 October - 12 October 2019 | WA Mental Health Week |
| 10 October 2019 | World Mental Health Day |
| 10 November - 16 November 2019 | Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week |
| 18 November 2019 | Western Australian Mental Health Awards 2019 |
| 19 November - 20 November 2019 | Western Australian Mental Health Conference 2019 |
Past Events
2018 Western Australian Alcohol and Other Drug Conference
2018 WA AOD Excellence Awards Program
2018 WA AOD Excellence Award Winners
Speaker Presentations
Professor David Forbes, Director Phoenix Australia – Centre For Post Traumatic Mental Health, Victoria: Substance use and mental health consequences of trauma and implications for assessment and treatment
Chief Constable Michael Barton, Durham Constabulary, United Kingdom: If our policies to tackle illegal drugs are working why are we talking about it so much ? …Scrub that! Why are we not talking about it so much?
Video - How Checkpoint changed my life
Gino Vumbaca – President, Harm Reduction Australia, NSW: Drug and Alcohol Policy – Time for an Overhaul
Will Tregoning – Chief Executive Officer, Unharm, NSW: People, communities and the future of harm reduction
Conjoint Professor Nick Lintzeris – Director, Drug and Alcohol Services, South East Sydney Local Health District; Discipline Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney: Translating research into clinical practice and back again: Challenges for the AOD sector
Leigh Cleary and Grace Oh, Senior Workforce Development Officers, Mental Health Commission: Recognising and responding to amphetamine intoxication/toxicity and opioid overdose: A contemporary training resource for those working at the coal face – Cleary, L. (Workforce Development, MHC)
Dr Mandy Wilson, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University: Violence Prevention Programs for Incarcerated Women
Imogen Davies - South Metropolitan Health Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, National Drug Research Institute: Never the twain shall meet? Staff and patient attitudes and actions on hospital based alcohol screening and brief intervention
Tim Rolfe - Office of the Chief Psychiatrist: Maryanne and the seven stoned dwarfs: A humorous approach to educating people experiencing mental illness about cannabis use
Electronic Posters
Dr Stephen Bright – Senior Lecturer, Addictions, Edith Cowan University: How to critically analyse AOD-related media
Dr Stephen Bright – Senior Lecturer, Addictions, Edith Cowan University: What do older adults seeking AOD treatment look like
Susanne Line, Consultant, School Drug Education and Road Aware: Talking Drugs new resource for diverse audiences