Events

Our society too often takes mental health for granted and too frequently stigmatizes people with mental health issues. The Virtual Ability Mental Health Symposium 2012, on Saturday, April 28, offers a variety of perspectives for thinking positively about mental health. Presentations will take place at various locations in Second Life.  The full schedule is posted at www.virtualability.org/symposium2012. Alice Krueger, president of Virtual Ability, Inc., notes, “A symposium is a formal meeting where individual presentations are followed…

On 21 June 2012, the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) will release a report entitled Australia’s health 2012.  To coincide with the release of the report, AIHW is hosting a national conference in Canberra to present the latest findings and statistics on the health of the Australian population.  

Chronic Pain Australia is hosting National Pain Week 2012 from 22-28 July. This inaugural event aims to promote awareness of chronic pain to assist in fostering better relationships between persons in pain and their clinicians and to reduce the isolation and suffering of people in pain. In 2007, the MBF Foundation released a report ‘The High Price of Pain: the Economic Impact of Persistent Pain in Australia’ that recognises chronic pain as an important public…

The First Consultation Draft of the Recovery Framework will be available in early May. Public forums will be conducted in each capital city from 18 - 31 May. Friday, 18 May Adelaide Function Room 2, Art Gallery of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000 RSVP by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Office Telephone: 02 4625 7777 or 0428 242 879. Visit www.CrazeLateralSolutions.com for more information.