Faculty of Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry Annual Conference 2012

Thursday 15 November

• Assertive Community Treatment, Professor Alan Rosen, University of Sydney, Australia
  (This talk was delivered on the day by Dr Helen Killaspy)
  
• At the tipping point: are peer workers becoming a meaningful addition to the mental health workforce? Dr Steve Gillard, Research Fellow,  St George’s University London

Parallel Workshops

1. Assertive Community Treatment, Professor Alan Rosen and Dr Helen Killaspy
2. Advocacy for people with longer term mental health problems, Graham Logan, Gordon Higham and Dr Chris Tay, Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health (NIAMH)

Friday 16 November

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis (CBTp): What works for whom?, Dr Elaine Hunter, Principal Clinical Psychologist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

• Low intensity psychological interventions for people with psychosis, Dr Helen Waller, Research and Honorary Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

• Launch of Northern Ireland Faculty of Rehabilitation & Social Psychiatry, Dr Diana Cody, Regional Representative for Northern Ireland,  Faculty of Rehabilitation &  Social Psychiatry, RCPsych

• Contemporary rehabilitation services in Ireland, Dr Michele Brannigan, Chair, Rehabilitation Faculty, Irish College of Psychiatrists

• Developing a sustainable workforce for mental health rehabilitation services in Wales, Dr Giles Harborne, Regional representative for Wales, Faculty of Rehabilitation &  Social Psychiatry, RCPsych

• Influencing investment in mental health rehabilitation services, Dr Helen Killaspy, Chair Rehabilitation and Social Faculty, RCPsych