New Directions for Youth Mental Health
Youth Mental Health Research Meeting with International speakers, ‘Lived Experience’ talk , panel discussions and findings from YMH studies
Date: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 2
Organisers: CPsychI Faculty of Youth and Student Psychiatry, YouLead, RCSI, NUI Galway, UCD, HRB
CPD: Approved for 4.5 External / Internal Credits by CPsychI
Programme:
| 10:00 | Welcome address
Professor Mary Cannon Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Beaumont Hospital Dublin |
| 10:10 | Structure and Function: What are the key elements of a next-generation youth mental health service system?
Dr. Jai Shah, Associate Director, Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal |
| 10:50 | Tea and coffee |
| 11:20 | Training a Youth Psychiatry Workforce: Australia
Dr. Daniel Pellen, Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Lead, Early Psychosis Intervention team, Western Sydney; Chair of the RANZCP Binational Section of Youth Mental Health Committee and Lead of group aiming to develop a sub-specialty in Youth Psychiatry |
| 12:00 | Irish Youth Mental Health Services: a lived experience perspective
PSyCHE Youth Advisory Panel |
| 12:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20 | Findings from the YouLead study
Chaired by Professor David Cotter, Professor of Molecular Psychiatry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Daráine Murphy – Findings on attitudes and experiences of families’ in seeking access to mental health services for young people Niall Mac Dhonnagáin – Findings on community based interventions for youth mental health Emmet Power – Findings on the relationship between adversity and psychological symptoms in young people |
| 14:20 | Early Intervention and Youth Mental Health: Birmingham UK
Professor Rachel Upthegrove l Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham & Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Early Intervention Services |
| 15:00 | Panel discussion and Q&A
Chaired by Professor Patrick McGorry, Executive Director, Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, and Professor of Youth Mental Health, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia Featuring speakers, YouLead PIs, collaborators and trainees and youth advisory panel members |
| 15:30 | Close |