TUESDAY 2NDDECEMBER (Workshops) 08:00 Registration desk opensRotary/ASPR Media Training and Presentation Workshop for Early Career
Researchers
Room: Mulubinba Room
Facilitators: Rob Morrison, Michael Sawyer, Joy Gillett
09:00 1. Why bother with Science Communication anyway?
2. Look at some media articles, watch a typical TV News report and
analyse
3. Dissect a news report
4. Selecting the appropriate angle for a science story
5. The different requirements of TV, Radio and Press
6. Putting it all together – The Media Release – analysis and example
7. Effective posting of releases – Newsrooms, Internet etc
8. Some cautionary notes on science hyperbole in the media.
9. Plan your own Media Release
10. Write a Media Release on your own work (& Discussion)
10:30 COFFEE BREAK AND DISCUSSION/DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIA RELEASE11:00 11. Analyse Media Releases: Discussion
12. Write a Media Release on someone else's work (& Discussion)
11:45 13. Some Radio interviews based on Media Releases: Discussion
14. How to handle a grab/soundbite
15. Keeping control of the interview and what to watch out for
16. Some TV interviews based on Media Releases: Discussion 12:45 17. Windup session,
some dos and don'ts, shared experiences; where to from here?
18. Handout & discuss notes on media releases, angles that suit
science stories etc. 1:00 LUNCHPresentation Training1:30 1. Presentation by Michael Sawyer who will Chair session describe aim of
program and methods to be employed.
2:00 2. 15 minute presentations by selected participating Australian Rotary
Health students. Each presentation will be reviewed and form the basis of
teaching/discussion for the program (Discussants: Michael Sawyer)
3. General discussion and review
4. Concluding comments (Michael Sawyer) 3:45CONCLUSION, FINAL REMARKSClinical Workshops
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Greg Carter 08:30 Workshop 1:
Mood disorder and physical illness: impact and interventions
Allan House (Leeds, UK)12:00 LUNCH13:00 Workshop 2:
Difficult to treat depression
Roger Mulder (Christchurch, NZ) Animal Models Workshop
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Ulrich Schall & Chris Dayas On the utility of animal models
of schizophrenia08:30 Neuronal foundations of cerebral asymmetry in an animal model
Onur Gunturkun (Bochum, Germany)
09:00 Translational gating measures in schizophrenia research
Mark Geyer (San Diego, USA)
09:30 Modeling madness – testable hypotheses from complexity
Darryl Eyles
09:50 Discussion
Maarten van den Buuse10:10 MORNING TEAGene/environment interactions and schizophrenia risk10:30 How to generate an epidemiologically grounded rodent model for
schizophrenia
James Koenig (Maryland, USA)
11:00 Gene-environment interactions and mechanisms mediating brain reserve in mouse
models of psychiatric and neurological disorder
Anthony Hannan
11:20 Interaction of genetic animal models and environmental risk factors for
schizophrenia
Tim Karl
11:40 Discussion
Maarten van den Buuse12:00 LUNCHAnimal models of drug addiction13:00 ICSS as a measure of dysregulated brain reward function in animal models of
addiction
Paul Kenny (Florida, USA)
13:30 Wanting a model for wanting: can animals relapse?
Andrew Lawrence
13:50 Rats on “ice” and other cocktails: are they quality measures.? Jennifer Cornish
14:10 Discussion
Chris Dayas14:30 AFTERNOON TEAAnimal models of mood-related pathologies, pain and stroke15:00 Never fear’ Animal Models are here
Gavan McNally
15:20 Breaking new ground: incorporating the issues of susceptibility, resilience and
ethological relevance into animal models of mood related pathology
Rohan Walker
15:40 Early life stress – implications for later anxiety and epileptogenesis
Margaret Morris
16:00 Clinicians treat chronic pain syndromes but do neuroscientists really study
them?
Kevin Keay
16:20 Animal models of disease – noble pursuit or deluded folly-evidence from stroke
research
Neil Spratt
16:40 Discussion
Chris Levi17:00 Informal drinks and discussionWEDNESDAY 3rdDECEMBERNote: Only the presenting author's name is shown in the program. For full details
of the contributing authors, and their affiliations, please see the Abstracts section, in
which the papers are listed in sequential order – all of the oral presentations
(OP), followed by the poster presentations (PP).
08:00 Registration desk opensCONFERENCE OPENING
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Amanda Baker 08:30 Convene
Opening Address:Trevor Waring (Chancellor, University of Newcastle) KEYNOTE
ADDRESSES09:00 OP001
COMMUNITY CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSIS:
INCLUSION AS A VALUED OUTCOME AND A HUMAN RIGHT
Helen Herrman
09:30 OP002
THE FIRST CUT IS NOT THE DEEPEST: UNDERSTANDING THE LINK BETWEEN SELF-HARM AND
SUICIDE
Allan House (Leeds, UK) 10:30 MORNING TEASESSION 1A-EPIDEMIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Tim Slade 11:00 OP019
2ndAUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (NSMHWB2): INITIAL FINDINGS
– PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES
Tim Slade
11:15 OP020
2ndAUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (NSMHWB2): INITIAL FINDINGS
– COMORBIDITY
Maree Teesson
11:30 OP021
2ndAUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (NSMHWB2): INITIAL FINDINGS
– SERVICE UTILISATION
Philip Burgess
11:45 OP022
2ndAUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (NSMHWB2): INITIAL FINDINGS
– SUICIDALITY
Jane Pirkis
12:00 OP023
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ENDURING DISADVANTAGE, DEPRESSION AND HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME
Peter Butterworth
12:15 OP024
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY
Helen Louise Berry
12:30 OP025
Mental Health and the Social Impact of Drought: Comparisons of Farmer and Non-Farmer
Rural and Remote residents
Helen Stain
12:45 OP026
WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH?
Sunny CollingsSESSION 1B-PSYCHOSIS – HALLUCINATIONS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Johanna Badcock & Marc Seal 11:00 OP011
PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS: THEMES AND EMERGING
DIRECTIONS
John Farhall
11:15 OP012
PARALLEL AUDITORY PATHWAYS: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING AUDITORY
HALLUCINATIONS
Johanna Badcock
11:30 OP013
IMMEDIATE SOURCE-MONITORING, SELF-FOCUSED ATTENTION AND THE POSITIVE SYMPTOMS OF
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Mike Startup
11:45 OP014
BINDING OF AUDITORY VERBAL INFORMATION AND GENDER IDENTIFICATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
PATIENTS WITH AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS
Flavie Waters
12:00 OP015
A HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CHANGES IN AUDITORY
HALLUCINATIONS
Susan Rossell
12:15 OP016
TRACKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABNORMAL NEUROANATOMY ASSOCIATED WITH AUDITORY
HALLUCINATIONS
Marc Seal
12:30 OP017
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-REPORT AND INTERVIEWER-RATED LEVELS OF PSYCHOTIC-LIKE
EXPERIENCES (PLEs): A COMPARION OF A CLINICAL vs. COMMUNITY SAMPLE
Joe Buckby
12:45 OP018
A COGNITIVE INVESTIGATION OF DELUSIONS: ARE POSITIVE SCHIZOTYPAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED
WITH COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BIASES?
Clare CameronSESSION 1C-SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM SYMPOSIUM
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Allan House and Greg Carter 11:00 OP003
INCREASING THE COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE OF CLINICIANS TO CONDUCT MENTAL STATUS AND
SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENTS THROUGH INVOLVMENT IN A TRAINING PROGRAM
Jan Parr
11:15 OP004
ATTITUDES OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR
TOWARDS PATIENTS WHO DELIBERATELY SELF HARM
Deidre Smith
11:30 OP005
MANAGEMENT OF DELIBERATE SELF-HARM THROUGH ASSERTIVE ENGAGEMENT, BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY
AND COMMUNITY LINKAGE
Nicole Hill
11:45 OP006
PROBLEM SOLVING THERAPY FOR SELF HARM: TWELVE MONTH RESULTS FROM A RANDOMISED
CONTROLLED TRIAL
Simon Hatcher
12:00 OP007
COMPARISON OF THE CIDI-AUTO WITH CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN A SUICIDAL POPULATION
Himali Jayasekera
12:15 OP008
INDIVIDUAL, HOUSEHOLD, AND COMMUNITY RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION AND ATTEMPT
IN RURAL NSW: A PILOT ANALYSIS
Gina-Maree Sartore
12:30 OP009
DISTINGUISHING SUICIDAL FROM NON-SUICIDAL DELIBERATE SELF-HARM EVENTS IN WOMEN WITH
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Gillian Maddock
12:45 OP010
ESTIMATING REPEAT RATES OF SELF-HARM: COMPARING OUTCOME AFTER VARIOUS METHODS OF
SELF-HARM, TAKING ACCOUNT OF MULTIPLE REPEATS
David Owens13:00 LUNCH (Banquet Room) andEARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS LUNCH (Mulubinba Room) – to be addressed by
Carmel Loughland and Flavie WatersKEYNOTE ADRESS
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Pat Michie 14:00 OP027
THE MISMATCH NEGATIVITY (MMN) IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
DOES SIZE MATTER? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME AND MEMORY ABILITY IN
PATIENTS WITH TREATMENT RESISTANT MDDPP02Paul Fitzgerald
SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS SUBVOLUMES IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA WITH
AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONSPP03Alexander Provost
MULTIMODAL ASSESSMENT OF AUDITORY PREPULSE INHIBITION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND
SCHIZOPHRENIAPP04Mariam Alexander
THE ORIGINS OF ANXIETY?: FMRI IN CHILDREN WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS UNDERGOING
PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTPP05Pritha Das
THEORY OF MIND (TOM) IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: A FUNCTIONAL MRI STUDYPP06Mary-Claire Hanlon
FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING OF RECOGNITION OF INTENTION TO COMMUNICATEPP07Luke Reeves
BASIC NUMERICAL CAPACITIES IN VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL SYNDROME (22Q11.2 DELETION
SYNDROME)PP08Kim Kiely
Australian estimates of probable dementia and cognitive impairment: The Dynopta
StudyPP09Kim Kiely
AUSTRALIAN ESTIMATES OF PROBABLE DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: THE DYNOPTA
STUDYPP10Lana Williams
ANXIETY AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN COMMUNITY SAMPLES OF MEN AND WOMENPP11Natalie Chan
SUCCESSFUL AGEING AND AGEING-IN-PLACE: MINIMISING UNMET NEEDPP12Sacha Filia
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: RESULTS FROM THE australian sCHIZOPHRENIA cARE
AND aSSESSMENT pROgram (SCAP)PP13Jodie Fleming
STRESS RELATED GROWTH AND NEGATIVE OUTCOMES WITH FAMILIES DEALING WITH INFERTILITY
CAUSED BY CANCER: A CO-OCCURRENCE MODELPP14Jodie Fleming
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT SATISFACTION AS A MODERATOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN
THE CONTEXT OF CANCERPP15Terry Lewin
HOPES REVISITED – INTRODUCING A 12-ITEM SCALE FOR MEASURING PERSONAL HOPEFULNESS
(HOPES-12)PP16Stuart Lee
Accommodation Status, Symptom Severity and the Impact on Inpatient Psychiatry Length
of Stay and Readmission RatePP17Shona Crabb
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHIATRYPP18Denika Novello
IMPROVING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF HOME BASED PALLIATIVE
CARE PATIENTS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALPP19Sue Cotton
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CAMPS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSPP20Marianne Ayre
Validation of the ‘Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale’ (DERS) in two samples:
schizophrenia and co-existing depression and alcohol problemsPP21Anoop Sankaranarayanan
AN ANALYSIS OF SUICIDE DATA IN CURRENT PATIENTS OF THE HUNTER NEW ENGLAND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES: SOME INTERESTING RURAL URBAN DIFFERENCESPP22Lana Williams
Effect of SSRIs on human osteoclast formation and functionPP23Katie Douglas
ABNORMAL RESPONSE TO EMOTIONAL STIMULI IN DEPRESSION: THE CLINICAL
IMPLICATIONSPP24 Transferred to an oral presentation
PP25Prashanth Mayur
ACUTE EFFECTS OF HYPERVENTILATION DURING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON COGNITION,
QUANTUM OF ANTIDEPRESSANT RESPONSE, THRESHOLD AND ICTAL-EEG QUALITY. A RANDOMIZED
DOUBLE-BLIND STUDYPP26Suzi Riess
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN IVF HORMONE TREATMENT AND MOODPP27Matthew Hyett
THE IMPACT OF GENERAL PRACTITIONER GENDER ON THE MANAGEMENT OF A DEPRESSED
PATIENTPP28Seetal Dodd
EARLY AGE OF ONSET IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RATES OF ANXIETY COMORBIDITY IN BIPOLAR
I AND SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDERSPP29 Transferred to an oral
presentation PP30Tania Perich
MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY FOR BIPOLAR DISORDERPP31Jayashri Kulkarni
TWO-YEAR TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF AN AUSTRALIAN OUTPATIENT COHORT WITH BIPOLAR I OR
SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDERPP32Racheal Degabriele
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF FACE PROCESSING IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: AN ERP
STUDYSESSION 3A-PROF. PAT MICHIE SYMPOSIUM
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Juanita Todd and Helen Stain 16:00 OP028
SOURCE ANALYSIS OF MISMATCH NEGATIVITY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Ross Fulham
16:15 OP029
MISMATCH NEGATIVITY IS LINKED TO CEREBRAL GREY MATTER PATHOLOGY IN
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Ulrich Schall
16:30 OP030
THE RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND STORY PRODUCTION IN FIRST EPISODE
PSYCHOSIS
Helen Stain
16:45 OP031
IS AGING ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGE IN FUNCTIONAL ASYMMETRY FOR PROCESSING TIME CUES IN
SOUND?
Juanita Todd
17:00 OP032
THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CORRELATES OF COGNITIVE CONTROL IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: A
MULTIMODAL INVESTIGATION OF TASK-SWITCHING
Sharna Jamadar
17:15 OP032.01
PSYCHOACOUSTIC EVIDENCE OF ALTERATIONS IN BINAURAL AND MONAURAL AUDITORY TEMPORAL
PROCESSING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Bill (Timothy W) BuddSESSION 3B-EARLY CAREER SHOWCASE
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Carmel Loughland 16:00 OP033
BUILDING FAMILY SKILLS TOGETHER: EVALUATING THE IMPACT ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
AND THEIR FAMILIES OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED FAMILY INTERVENTION
Laura Hayes
16:15 OP034
AN EVALUATION OF ‘REACH OUT CENTRAL’: AN ONLINE THERAPEUTIC GAMING PROGRAM FOR
SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Kerrie Shandley
16:30 OP035
RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF COMPUTERISED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR
DEPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE USE COMORBIDITY
Frances Kay-Lambkin
16:45 OP036
PARTICIPANTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL FOR PREVENTION OF
DEPRESSION
Janie Busby Grant
17:00 OP037
HARMONIZING DATA ACROSS NINE STUDIES: AN EXAMPLE OF DEPRESSION FROM THE DYNOPTA
STUDY
Lesley Ross
17:15 OP037.01
BASELINE DEPRESSION PREDICTS END OF TREATMENT MALNUTRITION AND ECOG STATUS IN HEAD
AND NECK CANCER RADIOTHERAPY PATIENTS
Ben BrittonSESSION 3C-BIPOLAR DISORDER
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Jayashri Kulkarni 16:00 OP038
DELUSIONS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Susan Rossell
16:15 OP039
TAMOXIFEN – A POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN IN THE MANIC PHASE OF BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE
DISORDER?
Jayashri Kulkarni
16:30 OP040
A CLINICAL PROGRAM FOR JUVENILE BIPOLAR DISORDER: PRELIMINARY DATA AND FUTURE
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Stephen Hirneth
16:45 OP041
BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS OF OMEGA-3 IN PARTICIPANTS WITH JUVENILE BIPOLAR DISORDER
COMPARED TO HEALTHY CONTROLS
Edward Clayton
17:00 OP042
OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTATION IN JUVENILE BIPOLAR DISORDER
Tanya Hanstock17:15 OPO42.01
COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER
Melissa J. GreenSESSION 3D-ECT AND TMS
Room: Mulubinba Room
Chair: Paul Fitzgerald 16:00 OP043
A COMPARISON OF RIGHT UNILATERAL ULTRA-BRIEF PULSE (0.3) ECT AND STANDARD RIGHT
UNILATERAL ECT
Colleen Loo
16:15 OP044
A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING STUDY OF TIME COURSE CHANGES AFTER TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT
CURRENT STIMULATION IN HEALTHY CONTROL SUBJECTS
Abraham Arul-Anandam
16:30 OP045
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF ECT ON ASYSTOLE AND BRADYCARDIA
Patrick Stewart
16:45 OP046
ENHANCING RESPONSE TO REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IN THE TREATMENT
OF DEPRESSION
Paul Fitzgerald
17:00 OP047
APPRAISAL OF SESSIONAL EEG FEATURES AS A CORRELATE OF CLINICAL CHANGES IN AN RTMS
TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
Gregory Price17:30 Welcome Reception
Venue: Newcastle Art Gallery 18:30 Retirement Dinner for Prof. Pat Michie
Venue: Noah's on the Beach THURSDAY 4THDECEMBER08:00 Registration desk opens Room: Concert Hall
PSYCHIATRIC, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL COMORBIDITY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY
CARE: THE DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS LONGITUDINAL
(DIAMOND) STUDY
Jane Gunn
12:45 OP072
ARE WE PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD? RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRIMACY OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF MOOD DISORDERS
Danielle AdamsSESSION 5B-PSYCHOSIS SYMPOSIUM
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Martin Cohen 11:00 OP073
ESTABLISHING REFERRAL PATHWAYS AND ENGAGEMENT OF ULTRA HIGH RISK YOUTH IN A RURAL
RESEARCH SETTING
Kylie Crittenden
11:15 OP074
GAMMA SYNCHRONY IN FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS – A REPLICATION STUDY
Anthony Harris
11:30 OP075
EMOTION-RELATED GAMMA SYNCHRONIZATION IN FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA: TOWARDS A
BIOLOGICAL MARKER OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Leanne (Lea) Williams
11:45 OP076
PROBABILISTIC CATEGORY LEARNING DEFICITS EXIST IN A SUBSET OF UNAFFECTED SIBLINGS OF
PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Thomas Weickert
12:00 OP077
DO SEMANTIC DEFICITS UNDERLIE DELUSIONS?
Erica Neill
12:15 OP078
SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS (SERMS) A POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THE
PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA?
Emmy Gavrilidis
12:30 OP079
5HT2C GENE POLYMORPHISMS, WEIGHT GAIN AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN FIRST EPISODE
PSYCHOSIS
Hannah Newall
12:45 OP080
CLOZAPINE: AN INVESTIGATION OF CARDIAC RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS
NOVEL ENVIRONMENT EXPLORATION IN RODENTS AND PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR MANIA OR
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Mark Geyer (San Diego, USA)
11:15 OP082
ROLE OF SEROTONIN-1A RECEPTORS IN THE ACTION OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS ON PREPULSE
INHIBITION IN MICE
Maarten van den Buuse
11:30 OP083
THE ROLE OF TNF IN AGING-ASSOCIATED COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE – A MOUSE MODEL
Jordan McAfoose
11:45 OP084
INTERACTION OF ESTROGEN WITH CENTRAL SEROTONERGIC MECHANISMS IN SENSORY PROCESSING:
MISMATCH NEGATIVITY AND LOUDNESS DEPENDENCE OF THE AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL
Andrea Gogos
12:00 OP085
IMPAIRED MISMATCH NEGATIVITY IN THE SCHIZOPHRENIA PRODROME
Rebbekah Atkinson
12:15 OP086
INTACT SENSORIMOTOR GATING IN ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Mary-Claire Hanlon
12:30 OP087
ROLE OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX GLUTAMATE AND METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN
SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE COGNITIVE DEFICITS INDUCED BY PHENCYCLIDINE IN RATS
Athina Markou
12:45 OP088
PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION DURING FMRI: MUSCARINIC AND NICOTINIC PROPORTIONS OF THE
ATTENTION NETWORK ACCORDING TO POSNER
Renate Thienel13:00 LUNCH (Banquet Room) SESSION 6A-SMOKING AND MENTAL HEALTH
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Amanda Baker 14:00 OP089
SMOKING CARE IN AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES: HEALTHCARE OR TRADITIONAL
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT?
Paula Wye
14:15 OP090
BECOMING A SMOKEFREE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY WARD: THE STAFF EXPERIENCE
Sacha Filia
14:30 OP091
BECOMING A SMOKEFREE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY WARD: THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Clare Shelton and Anton Horvat
14:45 OP092
AN EXPLORATION OF DRUG ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE AMONG PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOTIC
DISORDERS
Louise ThorntonSESSION 6B-FACE PROCESSING DEFICITS
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Carmel Loughland 14:00 OP093
VISUAL SCAN PATHS IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL SYNDROME (22Q11.2 DELETION
SYNDROME)
Linda Campbell
14:15 OP094
DOES THE N170 REFLECT REDUCED STRUCTURAL ENCODING OF FACES IN SCHIZOTYPAL
PERSONALITY?
Rachel Batty
14:30 OP095
PERFORMANCE ON THE TILE MATRIX TASK PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE OF VISUO-COGNITIVE
DISTURBANCES IN THE FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS
Carmel Loughland
14:45 OP096
RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL OF EMOTION PERCEPTION REMEDIATION AMONG PEOPLE WITH
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Kathryn McCabeSESSION 6C-AGEING
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Juanita Todd 14:00 OP097
IS ADVANCED PATERNAL AGE ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED BRAIN DEVELOPMENT? CLUES FROM
ANIMAL MODELS
Thomas Burne
14:15 OP098
BRAIN CORRELATES OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN A LARGE COMMUNITY-BASED SAMPLE OF 65-70
YEAR-OLDS: THE PATH THROUGH LIFE STUDY
Nicolas Cherbuin
14:30 OP099
COUNSELLING SPOUSES OF PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD): EFFECTS ON RATES OF
INSTITUTIONALISATION AND MORTALITY IN THREE COUNTRIES
Katrin Seeher
14:45 OP100
RESPONDING TO THE DEPRESSED ELDERLY IN EMERGENCY: ESTABLISHING LINKAGES BETWEEN
SUB-ACUTE, PRIMARY AND COMMUNITY CARE
Lynette JoubertSESSION 6D-CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Room: Mulubinba Room
Chair: Louise Newman 14:00 OP101
PREDICTORS OF SELF-ESTEEM IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENTS
Jaymee Ryan
14:15 OP102
ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME IN ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION
Jeffrey Cubis
14:30 OP103
SOCIAL COGNITIVE SKILLS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL
SYNDROME (22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME)
Lynne Cruickshank
14:45 OP104
SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE REASONING AND DECISION MAKING IN ADOLESCENTS WITH BIPOLAR
DISORDER
EMOTION RECOGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA – WHAT DOES THE WHOLE FACE TELL US THE EYES
CANNOT?PP34Seetal Dodd
MIRTAZAPINE ADD-ON THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA WITH ATYPICAL
ANTIPSYCHOTICS: A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALPP35Nicole Reece
LONG-TERM MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: INVESTIGATING A RETRIEVAL DEFICIT FOR
WORDS AND FACESPP36Saruchi Chhabra
HALLUCINATIONS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND MEMORY BINDINGPP37Erin Gardiner
INVESTIGATION OF MIRNA INFLUENCE ON RGS4 AND NRG1 GENE EXPRESSION IN
SCHIZOPHRENIAPP38Joe Buckby
ADOLESCENT INTERPRETATION OF SELF-REPORTED PSYCHOTIC-LIKE EXPERIENCES (PLEs)PP39Paul Fitzgerald
THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF CLOZAPINE-INDUCED MYOCARDITISPP40Pamela Marsh
EMOTION RECOGNITION TRAININING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: FUNCTIONAL PREDICTORS AND
GENERALIZABILITYPP41 WITHDRAWNPP42Jayashri Kulkarni
ADEPT: A DEFINITIVE ESTROGEN PATCH TRIALPP43Penny Newson
NEONATAL CAPSAICIN TREATMENT PRODUCES BRAIN CHANGES IN ADULT RATS SIMILAR TO THOSE
FOUND IN SCHIZOPHRENIAPP44Simone Field
ARE VERBAL AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DEFICITS IN RECALLING CONTEXTUAL
ELEMENTS OF CONVERSATIONS?PP45Ketrina Sly
FACIAL EXPRESSION PROCESSING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: ASSOCIATIONS WITH PSYCHOPATHY,
SYPTOMATOLOGY AND EMOTION RECOGNITIONPP46Anthony de Castella
QUALITY OF LIFE ON RISPERDAL CONSTA: BASELINE RESULTSPP47John Farhall
AUDITORY HALLUCINATION CONTENT AND SCHEMAS ABOUT SELF AND OTHERSPP48Alison Beck
SMOKING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: IMPACT OF NICOTINE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND RELATIONSHIP
TO SELF-REPORTED MOTIVES FOR SMOKINGPP49Dougal Phillips
DO PATIENTS WITH AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS HAVE AUDITORY PROCESSING DEFICITS?PP50Jaci Richards
THE AUSTRALIAN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH BANK (ASRB) COMPUTER-BASED CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
SOFTWARE (CAS): DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONPP51Anthony Harris
THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE (ABQ) – AN INFORMANT BASED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR IN PEOPLE WITH A PSYCHOTIC ILLNESSPP52Jean Starling
CLINICAL AND COGNITIVE FEATURES OF EARLY ONSET PSYCHOSIS: PILOT DATA FROM AN EARLY
PSYCHOSIS STUDYPP53Danielle Winch
DOES DIAGNOSIS WITH SUBSTANCE-INDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS AFFECT LONG-TERM CARE IN
PSYCHIATRY?PP54 WITHDRAWN PP55 WITHDRAWNPP56Kathryn Leadbeater
PSYCHIATRIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY TRAITS IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH
VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL SYNDROMEPP57Alyna Turner
CLINICAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG
CARDIAC REHABILIATION ATTENDEESPP58Inika Gillis
SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE AND GENDER-SPECIFIC PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN DIABETES
PATIENTSPP59Jennifer Nicholas
THE INFLUENCE OF SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENOTYPE AND PERSONALITY ON DIABETES
OUTCOMESPP60Seetal Dodd
MIND AND BODY: A LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE ON ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONPP61Philip Batterham
INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF 17-YEAR MORTALITY IN AN ELDERLY COMMUNITY SAMPLEPP62 WITHDRAWNPP63Kaarin J. Anstey
FOLLOW-UP OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND RELATED DISORDERS OVER 4 YEARS IN ADULTS
IN THEIR SIXTIES: THE PATH THROUGH LIFE STUDYPP64Lisa Whitson
COGNITIVE CONTROL DECLINE DURING NORMATIVE AGING: EVIDENCE FROM BEHAVIORAL AND
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURESSESSION 8A-RURAL MENTAL HEALTH
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Brian Kelly 16:00 OP115
LIVING IN A RURAL COMMUNITY: DETERMINANTS AND OUTCOMES OF MENTAL HEALTH: AUSTRALIAN
RURAL MENTAL HEALTH STUDY
Brian Kelly
16:15 OP116
RURAL SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Clare Coleman
16:30 OP117
ADOLESCENTS’ RESPONSES TO LIVING IN DROUGHT AFFECTED RURAL COMMUNITIES
John Dean
16:45 OP118
DEPRESSION LITERACY AND REMOTENESS OF RESIDENCE
Kathleen Griffiths
17:00 OP119
FARM FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH: WHO ARE THE LOCAL HELPING AGENCIES?
Jeffrey FullerSESSION 8B-CVD AND DIABETES
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Alyna Turner 16:00 OP110
CEREBROVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AND LIFE EVENTS AS ANTECEDENTS OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
IN MIDDLE AND EARLY-OLD AGE: THE PATH THROUGH LIFE STUDY
Kaarin Anstey
16:15 OP111
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR DEPRESSION AFTER STROKE
Maree Hackett
16:30 OP112
BRAVEHEART: GROUP COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR CARDIAC DEPRESSION
Alyna Turner
16:45 OP113
SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES
Justin Kenardy
17:00 OP114
COPING STYLES, SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENOTYPE AND NEUROTICISM IN PATIENTS WITH
DIABETES
Liesbeth GeerligsSESSION 8C-NEUROCOGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Philip Ward 16:00 OP120
HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUMETRICS IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE TAIL
Jerome Maller
16:15 OP121
CANNABIS USE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Antony Henderson
16:30 OP122
A COMPARISON OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL QUALITIES OF INNER SPEECH AND VOICES IN PATIENTS
WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Robyn Langdon
16:45 OP123
Deficit and normal cognitive profiles in neuroleptic naïve first-episode psychosis:
NeURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
Warrick Brewer
17:00 OP124
EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE REMEDIATION THERAPY FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN MALAYSIA
Muhammad Najib AlwiSESSION 8D-ADDICTION
Room: Mulubinba Room
Chair: Christopher Dayas 16:00 OP105
UNIVERSAL WEB-BASED ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION FOR UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Kypros Kypri
16:15 OP106
INTEGRATING MULTIMEDIA TREATMENTS INTO A DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICE IN nSW
Aaron Simpson
16:30 OP107
SUBSTANCE USE, RISK BEHAVIOURS AND CONTEXT OF SUBSTANCE USE – GENDER DIFFERENCES IN
YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENTING TO AN ADOLESCENT, RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT
PROGRAM
Angela Dean
16:45 OP108
THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG RELAPSE: A ROLE FOR HYPOTHALAMIC ‘FEEDING’ PEPTIDES IN DRUG
RELAPSE?
Christopher Dayas
17:00 OP109
PREVALENCE OF PROBLEM GAMBLING IN PEOPLE PRESENTING TO AN ACUTE AREA MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE
Anthony de Castella19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
Venue: Customs House
FRIDAY 5THDECEMBER 08:00 Registration desk opens Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Henry Jackson 08:30 CONVENE 08:45 Eli Lilly
Oration KEYNOTE ADDRESS
09:30 OP127
MicroRNAs REGULATE MOLECULAR AND BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG DEPENDENCE
AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Paul Kenny (Florida, USA)10:30 MORNING TEASESSION 9A-E-TECH AND MENTAL HEALTH (1)
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: Helen Christensen 11:00 OP134
REMOTE EXPOSURE: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERNET DELIVERY OF PHOBIC STIMULI
Kenneth Kirkby
11:15 OP135
RESULTS OF THREE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS OF INTERNET BASED TREATMENT FOR SOCIAL
PHOBIA: THESHYNESSPROGRAM
Nickolai Titov
11:30 OP136
THE YOUTHMOOD PROJECT: PREVENTATIVE SUB-SAMPLE ANALYSES
Alison Neil
11:45 OP137
DELIVERINGMENTALHEALTHCARE VIA MOBILE PHONES: A CLINICAL TRIAL OF THEMOBILETYPEPROGRAM AND WEBSITE INTERFACE FOR DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENT MENTAL
HEALTH
Sophie Reid
12:00 OP138
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A NEW ONLINE SELF HELP PROGRAM
Kylie Bennett
12:15 OP139
EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE MECHANISM UNDERLYING A
MOBILE PHONE SELF-MONITORING PROGRAM (MOBILETYPE)
Sylvia KauerSESSION 9B-WORK AND PLAY
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Eóin Killackey 11:00 OP146
LIVING WITH OTHERS, DOING CROSSWORDS AND PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH MORE FAVOURABLE COGNITIVE FUNCTION LEVELS IN WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY
Sonal Shah
11:15 OP147
IDENTIFYING THE FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER
Kate Filia
11:30 OP148
EARNING OR LEARNING AMONG AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC
DISORDERS
Geoffrey Waghorn
11:45 OP149
RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION IN FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS
Eóin Killackey
12:00 OP150
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN WORKING ADULTS: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF
WORKING WHILE ILL?
Kristy Sanderson
12:15 OP151
‘BLAZING SADDLES’: THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS
Sue CottonSESSION 9C-NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL ILLNESS
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Paul Tooney 11:00 OP140
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX IN THE MAMMALIAN AND AVIAN BRAIN: CONVERGENT
SOLUTIONS TO COMMON COGNITIVE OPERATIONS
Onur Gunturkun (Bochum, Germany)
11:15 OP141
NEURONAL PAS DOMAIN PROTEIN 3 (NPAS3) EXPRESSION IN THE POSTNATAL HUMAN PREFRONTAL
CORTEX
Carlotta Duncan
11:30 OP142
MicroRNA CHANGES IN THE PREFRONTAL AND TEMPORAL CORTICES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Natalie Beveridge
11:45 OP143
IDENTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT, SCHIZOPHRENIA-ASSOCIATED MicroRNA
TARGETS
Adam Carroll
12:00 OP144
ABNORMAL DOPAMINE SIGNALLING IN DEVELOPMENTAL VITAMIN D DEFICIENT RATS
Xiaoying Cui
12:15 OP145
COMMON POLYMORPHISMS IN NEUROBEHAVIOURAL GENES INFLUENCE THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO
ACUTE INFECTIOUS ILLNESS
Ute Vollmer-ConnaSESSION 9D-PAIN SYMPOSIUM
Room: Mulubinba Room
Chair: Stephanie Oak 11:00 OP128
BEYOND THE DORSAL HORN: THE USE OF ANIMAL MODELS TO DISCOVER NEW SITES FOR PAIN
THERAPY
Robert Callister
11:15 OP129
THE ROLES OF CENTRAL HYPEREXCITABILITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN WHIPLASH
PAIN
Michele Sterling
11:30 OP130
ANATOMICAL CHANGES IN BRAIN REGIONS LINKED TO EMOTIONAL PROCESSING IN SUBGROUPS OF
PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY
Luke Henderson
11:45 OP131
CONNECTING MIND AND BODY: EMERGING PARADIGMS IN PAIN
Chris Hayes
12:00 OP132
PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF PSYCHODYNAMIC INTERPERSONAL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH
PERSISTENT PAIN
Concert Hall (Posters) (Host: Frances Kay-Lambkin) PP65Agatha Conrad
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM AN AUDIT OF CLIENTS PRESENTING TO A COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT INCREASED RISK FOR PSYCHOSISPP66Pamela Williams
A COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT OF THE USE OF RISPERDAL CONSTA IN AN AREA
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIAPP67Jo Abbott
BUILDING LIFE PERFORMANCE: EVALUATION OF THE RESILIENCE ONLINE PROGRAM FOR SALES
MANAGERSPP68Judy Proudfoot
BIPOLAR DISORDER: PSYCHO-EDUCATION FOR PATIENTS WITH NEW DIAGNOSESPP69Matthew Gibson
THE SHYNESS PROGRAM: THE EFFECT OF COMORBID DEPRESSION AND GAD ON OUTCOMESPP70Heli Hätönen
PATIENT EDUCATION PRACTICES AND E-TECHNOLOGY IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS – A NATIONAL
SURVEY IN FINLANDPP71Amelia Gulliver
BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO MENTAL HEALTH HELP-SEEKING IN ELITE ATHLETES: THE
DESIGN OF AN ONLINE INTERVENTIONPP72Kristi-Ann Villagonzalo
THE UTILITY OF PSYCHIATRIC SCREENING TOOLS IN A METHADONE MAINTENANCE
POPULATIONPP73Marija Strmota
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND FUNCTIONING IN ADOLESCENTSPP74Rachel Grove
TOWARDS DSM-V: A TAXOMETRIC EXPLORATION OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN A COMMUNITY
SAMPLEPP75Carolyn Coulson
PREVALENCE OF RISKY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF MENPP76Liz Knock
MANAGEMENT OF LOW LEVEL PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS IN STIMULANT USERS PARTICIPATING IN
AMBULATORY TREATMENTPP77Adam Bode
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MENTAL HEALTH IN A RURAL SAMPLEPP78Wei Lin Toh
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER: A REVIEW OF CURRENT NOSOLOGICAL ISSUES AND ASSOCIATED
COGNITIVE DEFICITSPP79Paul Fitzgerald
PAIRED PULSE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION TO INVESTIGATE CORTICAL
INHIBITIONPP80Christopher Groot
LOWERED SELF ESTEEM IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: THE ROLE OF AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS AND
PERCEIVED STIGMAPP81Andrea Gogos
DOES THE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL AFFECT COGNITION?PP82Jenny Wong
CHANGES IN TRKB EXPRESSION IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX IN PATIENTS WITH
SCHIZOPHRENIAPP83Madeleine Hinwood
CHARACTERISATION AND CELLULAR SPECIFICITY OF THE ▵FOSB RESPONSE TO CHRONIC SOCIAL
STRESS IN RAT INFRALIMBIC CORTEXPP84Bryan Paton
SENSE OF CONTROL, VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND THE SENSE OF SELF: A TMS PILOT STUDYSESSION 11A-E-TECH AND MENTAL HEALTH (2)
Room: Concert Hall
Chair: David Kavanagh 13:45 OP158
WWW.MOODSWINGS: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF AN ONLINE INTERVENTION FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER – PRELIMINARY
FINDINGS
Sue Lauder
14:00 OP159
WEB-BASED RELAPSE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER: RESULTS OF A 12-MONTH
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Caryl Barnes
14:15 OP160
PREDICTORS OF ADHERENCE TO A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY WEBSITE
Philip Batterham
14:30 OP161
EXPLORING ONLINE SELF-DISCLOSURE: SYNCHRONICITY, TRUST AND PERSONALITY
Melanie Nguyen
14:45 OP162
THERAPIST ASSISTED INTERNET CBT FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION AND PANIC DISORDER
Sarah Perini and Edward Wims
15:00 OP163
MULTI-SITE TRIAL OF E-LEARNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
NURSES-CLIMATE MENTAL HEALTH
Luke JohnstonSESSION 11B-HEALTH PROMOTION AND SERVICE INITIATIVES
Room: Cummings Room
Chair: Terry Lewin 13:45 OP152
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION IN PREGNANCY (NRAMP)
Jayashri Kulkarni
14:00 OP153
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID GUIDELINES FOR TRAUMATIC EVENTS: A DELPHI STUDY
Claire Kelly
14:15 OP154
MHPOD: THE NATIONAL PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR AUSTRALIA'S MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE AS
PROFESSIONAL ONLINE DEVELOPMENT
David Juriansz
1430 OP155
THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS IN QUEENSLAND: SOME
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
Ruth Williams
1445 OP156
IMPROVING LINKAGES BETWEEN WELFARE AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES TO BETTER ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARE HOMELESS
Stuart Lee
1500 OP157
DEVELOPING AND TRIALLING INTERNET-BASED SELF-MANAGED PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR
CESSATION OF LONG-TERM BENZODIAZEPINE USE
Jannette ParrSESSION 11C-DEPRESSION AND DISTRESS – THE LAST WORD
Room: Hunter Room
Chair: Sally Hunt 13:45 OP170
THE EFFECT OF PASSAGE OF TIME, NEUROTICISM AND DEPRESSION ON PERCEPTIONS OF INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIPS
Liesbeth Geerligs
14:00 OP171
SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE IMPACT OF INFERTILITY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN
INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH CANCER AND THEIR PARTNER
Jodie Fleming
14:15 OP172
DEPRESSION AND THE COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DROSPIRENONE AND LEVONORGESTREL UPON MOOD STATE IN HEALTHY
WOMEN
Natasha Marston
14:30 OP173
THE ECCO PROJECT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF AN
INTERNET-BASED DEPRESSION INTERVENTION IN A TELEPHONE COUNSELLING SETTING
Louise Farrer
14:45 OP174
ATYPICAL DEPRESSION: RETROSPECTIVE SELF-REPORTING OF TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Joanna Crawford
15:00 OP175
A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INTEGRATED AND SINGLE FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS FOR
CO-MORBID DEPRESSION AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Sally HuntSESSION 11D-EATING DISORDERS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Room: Mulubinba Room
Chair: Vaughan Carr 13:45 OP164
CHARACTERISTICS OF BELIEFS IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Rachel Mountjoy
14:00 OP165
AN EXAMINATION OF DELUSIONAL THINKING IN BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER (BDD)
Susan Rossell
14:15 OP166
A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL OF NONSPECIFIC SUPPORTIVE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (NSCM)
VERSUS COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT) IN LONGSTANDING ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Stephen Touyz
14:30 OP167
BARRIERS TO HELP-SEEKING IN COMMUNITY WOMEN WITH EATING DISORDERS: A LONGITUDINAL
STUDY
Phillipa Hay
14:45 OP168
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANGRY-IMPULSIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER AND GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS OF THE DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER
Peter Joyce
15:00 OP169
REJECTION SENSITIVITY AND NEGATIVE SELF-VIEWS AS MEDIATORS OF ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN
THE NUMBER OF BORDERLINE FEATURES AND ATTACHMENT
Carol Hulbert15:15 ROTARY KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION PRESENTATION AND AWARD OF PRIZES16:00 CONFERENCE CLOSE & AFTERNOON TEA