World Suicide Prevention Day - 10th September 2011

World Suicide Prevention Day in September 10th 2011. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness around the globe that suicide can be prevented. Disseminating information, improving education and training, and decreasing stigmatisation are important tasks in such an endeavour.

As part of the week long activities promotion suicide prevention awareness in Perth, Western Australia, you are invited to attend a series of events, hosted by One Life; in collaboration with WAAMH, Mental Health Commission, Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention and Lifeline.

Venue: St Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square, Perth WA 6000

Wednesday 7th September 9am - 11:30am. Mind Frame: In which participants will receive an overview of the evidence on the impact of media reporting about suicide and mental illness; information on the issues to consider when dealing with the media about suicide; and practical tips, advice and resources for engaging the media around these topics.

Wednesday 7th September 2pm - 5pm: Telephone, Web and Social Networking Suicide Prevention Forum.

Places are limited so please RSVP as soon as possible to Emma Oetting at eoetting@centrecare.com.au or on +61 8 9325 6644 (ext. 214).

Parenting Strategies: Preventing Adolescent Alcohol Misuse

Researchers from the OYH Mental Health Literacy Team and Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre have developed a new online resource to help parents protect their adolescents from developing alcohol-related problems.

They aim to discover if web based intervention programs providing parents with tailored information on parenting strategies is effective in improving parents' knowledge about adolescents and alcohol, confidence about parenting, and parenting behaviours; and hence preventing or reducing alcohol misuse in their adolescent child.

Participants will be asked to take an online survey about your current parenting practices regarding alcohol and your adolescent. you will receive automated feedback tailored to your answers, which include strategies that parents can use to help you handle the issue of alcohol and your child more confidently. You are then invited to complete a web based parenting program which will offer more extensive guidance, consisting of up to 13 modules taking between 20 - 30 minutes each depending on the topic and the way you choose to engage with it. Regular personalised emails are sent to you to pace you through the program and check in with you about the goals you have set.

Finally, you are asked to complete a follow up survey 2 months after the initial survey is completed. The researchers are inviting parents of children aged between 12 - 17 from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA and the UK. Parents of those with children older or younger are also welcome.

Participants privacy is assured.

For more information, please visit the website www.parentingstrategies.net

Blooming Minds provides group training and individual consultancy services to assist organisations to understand the impact of mental health problems in the workplace and to minimise the human and economic impacts of employee stress, anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses. We are based in Perth, Western Australia and deliver services throughout Australia and internationally.

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