In the spirit of the season, Croakey has compiled a special publication for our readers – highlights from our extensive coverage of health conferences during 2017. We hope you find it... Read more
Please download, read and share this report compiling articles by Amy Coopes and other coverage of a recent mental health services conference: #TheMHS2017_conference_report (see the contents... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Employing peer workers in mental health is about much more than ensuring their voices are heard – it is a political act that re-frames the balance of power and is part of... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: It’s not known about, it’s not talked about, and it should be seen as more important in the mental health space. That was the message of a candid forum on sex and intimacy... Read more
A recent mental health conference in Sydney provided an opportunity for a comprehensive reality check on progress with the NDIS, reports Amy Coopes for the Croakey Conference News Service. S... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Disrupting power and democratising clinical environments through the centring of lived experience in mental health was the focus of a rousing conference keynote in Sydney... Read more
“Two-eyed seeing”, a framework for integrating Indigenous and Western knowledges, was profiled at a major mental health conference in Sydney this week. The conference also heard... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: A recovery-oriented movement in mental health that centres lived experience and social inclusion as primary prevention is disrupting a no-longer-defensible biomedical stat... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Mad studies, lived experience and the diverse voices of those walking within and alongside the mental health space will be the focus of a major forum in Sydney later this... Read more
