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Welcome to the website of the New Zealand Early Intervention in Psychosis Society.
The National Training Forum for the NZ Early Intervention in Psychosis Society will take place in Auckland from 23rd November to 25th November 2011. The National Training Forum is a regular training forum for early psychosis staff and offers a great opportunity to hear from early psychosis world experts, share your local initiatives, and gather with other like minded early psychosis thinkers from across New Zealand.
The theme for the training forum this year is Celebrating the Strengths of Early Intervention and is supported by keynote presentations from Jan Olav Johannessen (Chief Psychiatrist -Stavanger University, Initiator of the TIPS early detection project ) and Egan Bidois (Oasis Network, Lower Hutt) and a screening of Insatiable Moon (with a guest speaker).
The programme is designed to include pre-conference day workshops on Wednesday 23rd (PANSS training, early detection services with Prof Johannessen, working with voices) and then two full days of conference presentations.
Call for conference contributions (presentations or posters)
We now are now seeking contributions to the 2011 National Training Event and invite expressions of interest. If you are interested in presenting a conference presentation or poster please send an abstract of 300-350 words and a brief bio to conference@earlypsychosis.org.nz by 15th September.
Registrations
Registrations will be via this website. Coming soon...you will need to log into the members area.
Early detection of psychosis and effective interventions greatly increase the chance of a successful recovery.
This website has been developed primarily for health profesionals working in the area of first episode psychosis. Anyone is welcome to look around, but if you think that 'something isn't quite right' in yourself or someone you know, your general practitioner or someone you trust (eg. School counsellor, Priest etc.) would be a good person to talk to about how you are feeling. Research and clinical experience show that the earlier the treatment for psychosis, the better the outcome.
If you are looking for information on psychosis developed
by those with first episode psychosis and their families, try this site
in Canada: Also, the Totara House website has a number of useful pages including what is psychosis, and how family and others can help the person with psychosis. |
This site contains a number of resources for clinicians working with young people with first episode psychosis. These include copies of the national early intervention Newsletter, information on the National Executive Committee, including the FERNZ National Data Set, information on the National Training Forum, (including keynote addresses from the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Training Forums) and an introduction to the 'Mind Your Head' DVD, (including the new DVD-only version for wider distribution) and Family Matters DVD. Latest additions to the site are listed here.
The documents on first episode psychosis are divided into various sections:
Firstly, websites that are of interest;
Secondly, information sheets and pamphlets from New Zealand early intervention services
Thirdly a range of documents relevant to early intervention from New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom;
Fourthly, links are provided to a number of academic research articles of interest to early intervention;
Finally, the website provides a comprehensive Directory of Early Intervention for Psychosis Services in New Zealand.
Please send us your useful resources, so that we can share them with others.
"Prompt and effective interventions for young people with early psychosis, for their families, close friends and other carers represent a major element of respect of individuals’ rights to citizenship and social inclusion."
read the EARLY PSYCHOSIS DECLARATION
This site last updated: 25 August 2011
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