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Date
5 July 2023
6 pm AEST
Location
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The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) is the first National Survey of all five forms of Child Maltreatment in Australia. It established the prevalence of emotional, sexual and physical abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence during childhood in the Australian population. Of immense importance to psychiatry, the associations between each form of child maltreatment, common mental disorders and health risk behaviours including self harm and suicide attempts were determined.
The ACMS is influencing Australian health and child protection policy. This landmark study established that Child Maltreatment is endemic in Australia, it is strongly associated with mental illness and females are disproportionately affected.
This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of child maltreatment in Australia and a discussion of the role of psychiatrists in prevention and intervention of mental illness and child maltreatment.
Speakers
Professor Ben Mathews
Ben Mathews is a Professor in the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology, and is an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health in the USA. He was a Professorial Fellow to the Australian Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and has served on two World Health Organization Guideline Development Groups on Health Sector Responses to Child Maltreatment. His work has influenced major socio-legal reforms in Australia and overseas, especially in relation to improving methods to prevent, identify, and respond to child sexual abuse. He is the Lead Investigator of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.
Ben Mathews is a Professor in the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology, and is an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health in the USA. He was a Professorial Fellow to the Australian Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and has served on two World Health Organization Guideline Development Groups on Health Sector Responses to Child Maltreatment. His work has influenced major socio-legal reforms in Australia and overseas, especially in relation to improving methods to prevent, identify, and respond to child sexual abuse. He is the Lead Investigator of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.
Professor James Scott
Professor James Scott is a Child and Youth Psychiatrist at the Queensland Children's Hospital Child and Youth Mental Health Service and the University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre. He leads a programme of research investigating and preventing exposure to modifiable risk factors for mental illness in children and youth and clinical studies to improve the mental health of young people. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and was awarded the RANZCP Senior Research Award (2018).
Professor James Scott is a Child and Youth Psychiatrist at the Queensland Children's Hospital Child and Youth Mental Health Service and the University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre. He leads a programme of research investigating and preventing exposure to modifiable risk factors for mental illness in children and youth and clinical studies to improve the mental health of young people. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and was awarded the RANZCP Senior Research Award (2018).
Certificates of attendance will be issued for live attendance two weeks after the event.
A recording of this webinar will be made available within the coming months. Registered participants will be notified once the recordings are available for viewing.
