Arafmi illawarra
Yüklə 481,01 Kb.
|
- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- 3RD NATIONAL BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AWARENESS DAY CONFERENCE
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Signs and Symptoms
- Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder
- How is Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosed
Announcing the New ARAFMI ‘Carer Helpline’ Mental Health Carers ARAFMI NSW Inc. (‘ARAFMI’) is pleased to announce that from 1 July 2013 the Information and Support Line for carers, long operated from ARAFMI’s Woolloomooloo office, will change to become the new ‘Carer Helpline’. The ‘Carer Helpline’ will still be available from the same numbers: • 1800 655 198 or • (02) 9332 0700 The ‘Carer Helpline’ will continue to refer callers to relevant local mental health and other services needed by carers of people living with mental illness and the people they care for from State wide databases. However, in addition to this the ‘Carer Helpline’ will now address the issues experienced by mental health carers in their caring role through an enhanced capacity to; • refer carers to counselling services; • record feedback on services received; and, • record issues experienced by carers and their loved ones (including gaps in services) and regularly provide a report to the NSW Mental Health Commission about these. The reports to the Mental Health Commission will be used to assist the Commission in developing its Strategic Plan for the reform of mental health services in NSW and to the track the experiences of carers as this plan is implemented for the benefit of the consumers and carers across NSW. An effective Strategic Plan will make a difference to the lived experience of carers and consumers and this is one of the things the Helpline will attempt to help measure and demonstrate.
ARAFMI’s Carer Helpline operators will also be able to provide referral to relevant complaints mechanisms or bodies for carers if the issues experienced are of sufficient seriousness. With regard to the general quality of services received, ARAFMI will also be able to provide the ‘Mental Health Carers’ general ‘experience of service’ survey to callers so they can provide direct feedback on the services received. This will be used to help develop a profile of high performing services to improve referrals and to provide feedback to other services to help them identify opportunities for service improvement. In addition, ARAFMI will develop and administer specific feedback surveys to callers referred to individual services or about particular issues as requested by the Commission or other interested parties. These can help to explore particular issues needed to help the reform process. The issues bought to ARAFMI’s attention will also inform the Carer Engagement Officers employed or volunteering for ARAFMI to participate in numerous Committees and other NSW Health and other service management and reform processes to represent carers’ views and needs.
3-4 October 2013Mental Health Carers ARAFMI NSW Inc in collaboration with the Mental Health Association invites you to the Third National Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Day Conference to celebrate some good news in mental health. The theme for the conference is Celebrating Recovery, and it will be held on the 3rd - 4th October 2013 at the University of Technology, Sydney. For years, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was a diagnosis which excluded people from mental health services. However, years of research and practise has shown that with the right therapy and support, people can overcome their BPD. This reduces the burden on mental health services in the best possible way; by achieving recovery! Guest speakers and Workshop Leaders include NSW Commissioner for Mental Health, Mr John Fenely; NSW Commissioner, Associate Professor John Allan; Mr David McGrath; Professor Brin Grenyer; Project Air, Ms Eileen McDonald; Ms Rachael Bailey; Associate Professor Chris Willcox; Dr Saffia Rao; Ms Annemaree Bickerton; Toni Garretty; Ms Maxine Fennell; Ms Natasha Grbic; and Ms Lau Ralye Packer. Download the BPD Conference Program and Registration form. For more information or to register contact MHA on (02) 9339 6000 or mha@mentalhealth.asn.au, or ARAFMI NSW on (02) 9332 0700 or www.arafmi.org.au
Day Carer Support Groups 1st and 3rdFridays of the month 11:30am-1:00pm 1 Atchison Street Wollongong
Evening Carer Support Group Thursday evenings 6.30pm-8.30pm 17 Auburn Street Wollongong “Except for the last Thursday evening of the month which is an outing”
ARAFMI Evening support Group Activity AUGUST Thursday 1st Carer Focused / Caring & Sharing Group Venue 17 Auburn Street, 6.30pm Thursday 8th Kim Capp – Mental Health Nurse (Medicare Local) Group Venue 17 Auburn St 6.30pm RSVP essential Thursday 15th Carer Focused / Caring & Sharing Group Venue 17 Auburn Street, 6.30pm Thursday 22nd Movie night for Carers Group Venue 17 Auburn St 6.30pm RSVP essential Thursday 29th Outing- Venue to be confirmed RSVP Essential SEPTEMBER Thursday 5th Carer Focused / Caring & Sharing Group Venue 17 Auburn Street, 6.30pm Thursday 12th Group Venue 17 Auburn St 6.30pm RSVP Essential Thursday 19th Megan Green - Family & Carer Consultant Navigating the Mental Health System “A Working Progress” Group Venue 17 Auburn St 6.30pm RSVP Essential Thursday 26th Outing- Venue to be confirmed RSVP Essential October Thursday 3rd Carer Focused / Caring & Sharing Group Venue 17 Auburn Street, 6.30pm Thursday 10th Brahma Kumaris Meditation Evening
Anne Coughlan – Family Support worker Coping Skills for Carers and Families
Carer Focused / Caring & Sharing Group Venue 17 Auburn Street, 6.30pm Thursday 31st Outing- Venue to be confirmed RSVP Essential ARAFMI Illawarra Family Support worker Anne Coughlan Anne has been with ARAFMI Illawarra now in our Family Support Worker role going on 18 months and also facilitates our Carer Support Groups and is available on Friday’s for face to face support for carers. Anne has experience in both the counselling and psycho-education of individuals, couples and groups in the areas of addiction and mental health with a Bachelor of Applied Science Counselling degree. If you would like to make an appointment to see Anne you can contact our office on 4254 1699. Memberships are now due for the 2013/2014financial year! Renew your membership now and - Receive our informative local and state-wide newsletters -Specific information around you and your loved one’s Mental Health and Wellbeing. - Free Educational Workshops including Mental Health First Aid and Suicide Prevention Training. - Advertise your services and programs in our newsletters? - Be the first to know what’s happening in your area for you and your loved ones! Concession $5 Non Concession $20 NGO’s and other Services $20
“ARAFMI Illawarra” Annual Trivia Night When: Saturday, August 24th Time: 6.30 for a 7.00pm start Cost: $15 a head, tables of 8 Quizmaster: Dave Gorr
To book a table or seat, please contact ARAFMI on 4254 1699 to register. Payments must be paid before the night. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![c:\documents and settings\kelly\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\mdh8y6dk\mp900437332[1].jpg](75020_html_m321904ce.jpg)
![mcj00822830000[1]](75020_html_5c6a5643.gif)
![c:\documents and settings\kelly\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\9uz7bkjc\mc910216405[1].png](75020_html_m36344e04.png){kind=small}
![c:\documents and settings\kelly\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\s6im27pj\mc900364338[1].wmf](75020_html_m5a9effa4.gif)
|
New Location |
Lead Agency |
|
New South Wales | |
|
Richmond Valley Hinterland (Lismore) |
North Coast Medicare Local |
|
Sydney – south west (Liverpool) |
The Benevolent Society |
|
Sydney – south east (St George/Canterbury) |
South Eastern Sydney Medicare Local |
|
Sydney – northern beaches |
Northern Sydney Local Health District |
|
Sydney - Sutherland (Cronulla) |
South Eastern Sydney Medicare Local |
|
Victoria | |
|
Melbourne – west (Werribee) |
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre |
|
Melbourne – inner east (Kew) |
Inner East Melbourne Community Health Centre |
|
Melbourne – north (Craigieburn/Seymour) |
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre |
|
Queensland | |
|
Moreton Bay east (Redcliff) |
Open Minds |
|
Rockhampton (QLD) |
Central Queensland Medicare Local |
|
Mount Isa (QLD) |
(Currently finalising) |
|
Brisbane City (QLD) |
Aftercare |
|
Western Australia | |
|
Rockingham (WA) |
Perth South Coast Medicare Local |
|
Perth – north west (Joondalup) |
Perth North Metro Medicare Local |
|
South Australia | |
|
Adelaide - west |
Central Adelaide & Hills Medicare Local |
_______________
Karen Palmer
Assistant Media Advisor
Office of Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Mental Health & Ageing
Minister for Housing and Homelessness
Minister for Social Inclusion
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform
Adelaide Ministerial Office - CPO
08 8205 1088 | 0427 339 594 | 08 8205 1055 | karen.palmer@health.gov.au
Twitter.com/Mark_Butler_MP https://www.facebook.com/MarkButlerMP
Living and working with a mental illness
UNSW is leading nationwide research into creating healthy workplaces for people with mental disorders.
The University and The Black Dog Institute are among the founding members of the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance, a landmark partnership between business, the mental health sector, government and research organisations.
“Depression alone costs the Australian economy more than $12 billion a year,” says UNSW Medicine’s Dr Sam Harvey, who is leading the research.
“Most of the financial burden is born by employers in terms of sick leave and lost opportunity because people are not performing at their best,” says Dr Harvey, who is a senior lecturer in Workplace Mental Health in UNSW’s School of Psychiatry, based at the Black Dog Institute.
The researchers are asking businesses to put forward their examples of best practice by the end of July, which will be incorporated in the project.
“We know that sometimes work can contribute to people becoming unwell, but we are now looking at how it can help individuals’ resilience and help be a part of people’s recovery,” he says.
Other founding members of the Alliance, established by the National Mental Health Commission, include the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Psychological Society, beyondblue, the Business Council of Australia and Mental Health Council of Australia.
For the full story go to the Alliance website.
Media contact: Susi Hamilton, UNSW Media Office, 0422 934 024
![c:\documents and settings\kelly\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\logdxsve\mc900356181[1].wmf](75020_html_m2f21cd9f.gif)
Dates for your calendar
AUGUST
Daffodil Day – Friday 23rd August
Australia, Cancer Council Auistralia
http://daffodilday.com.au/get-involved
Psoriasis Awarness Month
Worldwide – National Psoriases Foundation
http://www.psoriasis.org/awareness-month
MedicAlert Awareness Month
http://articles.petoskeynews.com
SEPTEMBER
National Asthma Week – 2nd - 6th
http://www.asthma.org.au/
National Stroke Week – 9th to 15th
http://www.carecareers.com.au/community
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awarness Day - 9th September
http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Society/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-awareness-day.php
Suicide Prevention Day – 10th September
http://www.iasp.info/wspd/
World Lymphoma Awareness Day
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/world-lymphoma-day.html
World Alzheimer”s Day 21st September
http://www.zapaday.com/event/74951/3/World+Alzheimer+s+Day.html
World Heart Day 29th September
http://www.world-heart-federation.org/publications
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is often a devastating mental condition, both for the people who have it and for those around them.
Perhaps shaped by harmful childhood experiences or brain dysfunctions, people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder live in a world of inner and outer turmoil. They have difficulty regulating their emotions and are often in a state of upheaval. They have distorted images of themselves, often feeling worthless and fundamentally bad or damaged.
And while they yearn for loving relationships, people with borderline personality disorder typically find that their anger, impulsivity, stormy attachments and frequent mood swings push others away
Signs and Symptoms
While a person with depression or bipolar disorder typically endures the same mood for weeks, a person with BPD may experience intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last only hours, or at most a day. These may be associated with episodes of impulsive aggression, self-injury, and drug or alcohol abuse. Distortions in cognition and sense of self can lead to frequent changes in long-term goals, career plans, jobs, friendships, gender identity, and values. Sometimes people with borderline personality disorder view themselves as fundamentally bad, or unworthy. They may feel unfairly misunderstood or mistreated, bored, empty, and have little idea who they are. Such symptoms are most acute when people with BPD feel isolated and lacking in social support, and may result in frantic efforts to avoid being alone.
People with BPD often have highly unstable patterns of social relationships. While they can develop intense but stormy attachments, their attitudes towards family, friends, and loved ones may suddenly shift from idealization (great admiration and love) to devaluation (intense anger and dislike). Thus, they may form an immediate attachment and idealize the other person, but when a slight separation or conflict occurs, they switch unexpectedly to the other extreme and angrily accuse the other person of not caring for them at all.
Even with family members, individuals with BPD are highly sensitive to rejection, reacting with anger and distress to such mild separations as a vacation, a business trip, or a sudden change in plans. These fears of abandonment seem to be related to difficulties feeling emotionally connected to important persons when they are physically absent, leaving the individual with BPD feeling lost and perhaps worthless. Suicide threats and attempts may occur along with anger at perceived abandonment and disappointments. In fact, suicide rates among people with BPD are very high, reaching 10 percent.
People with BPD exhibit other impulsive behaviours, such as excessive spending, binge eating and risky sex. BPD often occurs together with other psychiatric problems, particularly bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, self-injury (such as cutting and burning) and other personality disorders.
Because of their risky, impulsive behavior, people with BPD are also more vulnerable to unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, motor vehicle accidents and physical fights. They may also be involved in abusive relationships, either as the abuser or the abused.
Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder
What causes someone to develop Borderline Personality Disorder? Possible causes of BPD include:
-
Genetics. Some studies of twins and families suggest that personality disorders may be inherited. -
Environmental factors. Many people with borderline personality disorder have a history of childhood abuse, neglect and separation from caregivers or loved ones. -
Brain abnormalities. Some research shows changes in certain areas of the brain involved in emotion regulation, impulsivity and aggression. In addition, certain brain chemicals that help regulate mood, such as serotonin, may not function properly.
Most likely, a combination of these issues results in borderline personality disorder.
How is Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosed?
Personality disorders are diagnosed based on signs and symptoms and a thorough psychological evaluation. To be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, someone must meet criteria spelled out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV): http://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/borderline-personality-disorder/borderline-personality-disorder/
“Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine
![c:\documents and settings\kelly\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\s9pqoob2\mc900250417[1].wmf](75020_html_4027f359.gif)
ARAFMI would like to thank all of our community supporters.
Brahma Kumaris Australia
41 Brentwood Ave, Figtree
Ph: 42 272 241
Please call for bookings
Please call to book in or to find out about our meditation programs
Email: wollongong@au.bkwsu.org
Rotary Club of Dapto
Rotary Club of Fairy Meadow
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Dostları ilə paylaş: