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May 15 6 tweets 2 min read
Some of the statistics Cheryl Axleby has put forward in her talk tonight are stark: "60% of children who are incarcerated in that age bracket - 10-14 years of age - are First Nations children."
She calls for a change not just in the minimum age for incarceration, but also in ...
the way crime is addressed: truly working toward rehabilitation rather than punishment by, for example, using therapy to address a child's reason for their actions.
"There's a great opportunity for us," she says...
to break the generational cycle for incarceration if there's a therapeutic response for children."
@Change_Record #AusVotesHealth2022
Cheryl has spoken eloquently on this issue for Croakey many times, recently: “It is only March and already five of our people have died behind bars. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the dangers of the overcrowded and substandard housing that too many of our people are forced
to live in, and appallingly low social security payments drive our people into poverty. If a Budget is a reflection of a government’s priorities then this Government is sending a clear message that it does not care about First Nations peoples.”
Read more of Cheryl's thoughts on housing as a determinant of health: croakey.org/housing-a-crit…
And the Federal Budget: croakey.org/a-rolling-post…

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May 18
I'm catching up on some of the recorded sessions & will start a thread on the 'Impact of the UN Committee’s statement in 2019 in relation to the minimum age of criminal responsibility', one of #RANZCP2022's recorded sessions, presented by Invited speaker Dr Enys Delmage
Dr Delmage is a consultant in adolescent forensic psychiatry and has worked in an adolescent forensic inpatient unit in Porirua, New Zealand, since November 2017. He has an interest in the law as it relates to children.ranzcp2022.com.au/dr-enys-delmage #RANZCP2022
Minimum age of criminal responsibility is defined as the age below which is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. Below this age, children are 'doli incapax' - incapable of knowing that what they were doing was wrong- Dr Delmage #RANZCP2022 Image
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May 18
I'm going to join the session about codes of ethics in psychiatry. Three presentations by Paul Appelbaum, a "godsend" for psychiatry with an international perspective, Izaak Lim & @sidney_bloch #RANZCP2022

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Prof Paul Appelbaum is, among other things, a Professor of Psychiatry @ColumbiaPsych, joining us live from New York- @appelbap #RANZCP2022
History of the World Psychiatric Association's involvement with history - @appelbap #RANZCP2022
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May 17
Starting a new thread for the next keynote by
Assoc Prof Loyola McLean, talking about 'changing bodymind: on attachment, trauma and regulation' #RANZCP2022
sydney.edu.au/medicine-healt…
How do we bring two or more very different points of view together, how do we bring the past and present together? How do we move forward as individuals, as dyads, as a college? - A/Prof McLean #RANZCP2022 Image
To First Nation's people around the world, how do we move forward, how do we open up a future? - A/Prof McLean #RANZCP2022
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May 17
First keynote is by Prof Belinda Lennox @BLennox4, from University of Oxford, speaking about 'autoimmune psychosis-current state of play' #RANZCP2022
Schizophrenia/psychosis is a brain disorder, with neurological as well as psychiatric symptoms. The question being discussed is what evidence is there that some psychosis is autoimmune - @BLennox4 #RANZCP2022
Have diagnostic criteria and therapies - but not as much as known about the cause of psychosis - @BLennox4 #RANZCP2022
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May 17
Beautiful views in Sydney for the third day of #RANZCP2022! The third day sessions will start soon.
Below is a thread of 5 key takeaways from sessions I saw on Day Two, a day which focused on priority populations and the impacts of climate change.
1/ Important to embed cultural safety into mental health service provision that is based on authentic co-design, allowing culturally appropriate and flexible methods of sharing knowledge - Dr Kashyap #RANZCP2022
2/ Healthcare workers, including psychiatry clinicians, need to be open, honest and acknowledge own vulnerabilities - A/Prof Coleman #RANZCP2022
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May 17
While @coopesdetat is following Tim Flannery's keynote, I am going to jump in and catch up on the Indigenous mental health session from yesterday -@AlisonSBarrett. #RANZCP2022
Session chair, Dr Emma Adams, provides a heartwarming acknowledgement of country and lovely introduction to the presenters - Prof Helen Milroy, A/Prof Mathew Coleman, Dr Shraddha Kashyap & Dr Jemma Collova #RANZCP2022 Image
Broad overview of Transforming Indigenous Mental Health & Wellbeing Project, aiming to improve Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander mental health through Aboriginal leadership and authentic partnerships. #RANZCP2022
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