Department of Psychiatry

Monday Colloquium

Monday Colloquia are a joint presentation between the University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry & North Western Mental Health

For more information please contact Dr Veronique Brown
Ph: (03) 9342 7000 pager 4633

Past Presentations

2008

Date Speaker Details Topic Chair Person
Mon, 18 Feb Dr Enrico Cementon Dual Diagnosis: INTEGRATION is the key, but what is it? Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 25 Feb Professor Anne Buist

Perinatal Psychiatry

Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 3 Mar Professor Stephan Davis

Signs of Death

Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 10 Mar Labour Day
Mon, 17 Mar Prof Vallaint

Positive Psychology & Dynamic Psychology: A Marriage in the need of consumation

Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 24 Mar EASTER HOLIDAY
Mon, 31 Mar CANCELLED: Speaker overseas
Mon, 7 Apr Mr John Lesser Balancing Legalism and Medicalism: Comparative International Approaches to Involuntary Detention, Treatment and Review Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 14 Apr Professor Colin Masters Rational therapeutic strategies for modifying Alzheimer’s disease: Aβ oligomers as the validated target Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 21 Apr Lisa Brophy Community Treatment Orders: Issues in implementation and key stakeholder
perspectives		 Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 28 Apr Stephen Wood Brain spectroscopy and schizophrenia; New insights into old ideas Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 5 May Dr Colin Reiss / MHTDU NWMH Sexual Abuse Policy Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 12 May A/Prof Suresh Sundram How do antipsychotic drugs work? Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 19 May NO COLLOQUIUM
Mon, 26 May NO COLLOQUIUM
Mon, 2 Jun Dr Andrew Chanen Senior Lecturer, ORYGEN Research Centre, Dept of Psychiatry, Uni of Melbourne.
Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Medical Director, ORYGEN Youth Health		 Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 9 Jun QUEENS BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY
Mon, 16 Jun Dr Nicole Phillips Chronic Fatigue syndrome Dr Veronique Browne
Mon, 23 Jun Dr Sophie Adams Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Dr Sophie Adams
Mon, 30 Jun Professor Kuruvilla George Chief Psychiatrist
and Mental Health Act issues		 Dr Sophie Adams
Mon, 7 Jul Dr Cassandra Szoeke Lipids & Cognition Dr Sophie Adams
Mon, 14 Jul Ida Kaplan Working with Survivors of Torture & Trauma : Mental Health Practice Issues Dr Alex Holmes
Mon, 21 Jul Professor Ian Freckelton SC Suing Psychiatrists Dr Rick Yeatman
Mon, 28 Jul Dr. Can Tuncer Transcultural Psychiatry
and Psychotherapy		 Dr Alex Holmes
Mon, 4 Aug Professor Chris Pantelis Professor of Neuropsychiatry, & Scientific Director, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 11 Aug Professor Bernadette McSherry Rethinking Mental Health Laws
Australian Research Council Federation Fellow Faculty of Law Monash University		 Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 18 Aug Professor Alistair Vance Putting the brain back into child psychiatry: recent insights Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 25 Aug Professor Loene Skene Vegetative patients, consciousness and end-of-life decision making Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 1 Sep A/Prof Warrick Brewer How does the “Psychology’ in Neuropsychology help us formulate clients? Practical Treatment applications in a Mental Health setting Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 8 Sep CANCELLED
Mon, 15 Sep A/Prof Dan Lubman Drugs and the adolescent brain: A toxic combination? Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 22 Sep Professor Ames Can we diagnose Alzheimer's disease before the symptoms appear ? The Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle study of Ageing Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 29 Sep Dr Oscar Alvarez East Timor and Epilepsy: a Cuban, Australian and Spanish collaboration Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 6 Oct Dr Mark Walterfang The Brain's Fulcrum: The Corpus Callosum Reflects Characteristic Brain Changes in Mental Disorders Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 13 Oct A/Prof Carol Harvey Director NW Psychosocial Research Centre Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 20 Oct Professor Fiona Judd Director of Women's Mental Health - Royal Women's Hospital Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 27 Oct Dr Josephine Beatson Leadership for multidisciplinary teams treating BPD: why it matters’ Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 3 Nov CUP DAY HOLIDAY
Mon, 10 Nov
CANCELLED
Mon, 17 Nov Professor Margaret Hamilton Chairperson - Multiple & Complex Needs Panel Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 24 Nov Mr John Lesser MH Act Review: Developing a rights-consistent clinical practice model Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 1 Dec A/Prof Chee Ng Engaging Mental Health reform in the Asia-Pacific : What role does Australia play ? Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 8 Dec Tim O'Leary Shame shifting - disentangling internalised shame after sexual assault Dr Toby Syme
Mon, 15 Dec Dr Alan Gijsbers Opioid dependence - a guide for psychiatrists Dr Toby Syme

 

2007

Date Speaker Topic Chairperson
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 No Colloqium
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 Ali Kasapgil Monday Colloquium: “Jinns" and "Al Karisi" in Turkish Culture and Islam & their relationship with Mental Illness Dr Veronique Browne Janssen Cilag
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 Dr Prem Chopra Monday Colloquium: The Plight of the former long-stay patient Dr Veronique Browne El-Lilly
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 A/Prof Graeme Hawthorne Monday Colloquium: Social isolation in an Australian population sample Dr Veronique Browne Organon
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 Dr Meaghan O’Donnell Monday Colloquium: Mental health following traumatic injury Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 No Colloqium: Labour Day Holiday
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 Dr Alex Holmes Monday Colloquium: Preventing mental illness in the medically ill – what we wish and what we know Dr Veronique Browne Astra Zeneca
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 A/Prof Susan Rossell Monday Colloquium: Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The features, prevalence and an examination of their faulty beliefs Dr Veronique Browne Lundbeck
Mon, 2 Apr 2007 A/Prof David Ames & Kathryn Ellis Monday Colloquium: The Australian imaging biomarkers and lifestyle flagship study of ageing Dr Veronique Browne Novartis
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 No Colloqium: Easter Monday
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 A/Prof Suresh Sundram Monday Colloquium: "A nexus in schizophrenia?
Growth factor systems and antipsychotic drugs."		 Dr Veronique Browne Mayne
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 Prof Vaillant Monday Colloqium: Neurobiology of Positive Emotion Dr Veronique Browne Janssen Cilag
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 No Colloquium: RANZCP Congress
Mon, 7 May 2007 A/Prof van den Buuse Monday Colloquium: Animal models of schizophrenia Dr Veronique Browne El-Lilly
Mon, 11 June 2007 No Colloquium: Queens Birthday
Mon, 18 June 2007 Dr Marc Seal Monday Colloquium: White matter abnormalities in schizophrenia Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 25 June 2007 Prof David Jonathan Castle Monday Colloquium: Mirror Mirror on the Wall - Who is the ugliest of them all? Body image in psychiatry Dr Veronique Browne Sanofi-Synthelabo
Mon, 2 July 2007 Dr Veronique Browne Monday Colloquium: What is PAPU ?... & where does it fit in ? Dr Veronique Browne Organon
Mon, 9 July 2007 Catherine Thornely Monday Colloquium: What do we know about Mechanical Restraint Practices in the Emergency Department? Dr Veronique Browne Astra Zeneca
Mon, 16 July 2007 Prof Roger Short Monday Colloquium: Stopping HIV/AIDS in Africa Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 23 July 2007 Prof Anthony Jorm Monday Colloquium: Improving the Mental Health Literacy of the Australian Population. Professorial Fellow - ORYGEN Research Centre Dr Veronique Browne El-Lilly
Mon, 30 July 2007 Dr Alex Fornito Monday Colloquium: Anatomical abnormalities of the anterior cingulate cortex in the major psychoses Dr Veronique Browne Organon
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 Tristan Vasquez Monday Colloquium: Help on the line: Telephone-triage use & satisfaction within North Western MH Dr Veronique Browne Janssen Cilag
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 Dr Jennifer Torr

Psychiatric disorders in Down syndrome

 Dr Veronique Browne NO SPONSOR
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 Dr Olivia Dean Investigating the role of glutathione depletion in the pathology of schizophrenia Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 27 Aug 2007 Prof John Wark & A/Prof O'brien / Sandra Petty

Antiepileptic drugs and their effect on bone density

Dr Veronique Browne Mayne
Mon, 3 Sept 2007 Prof Louise Newman Advocating for children of asylum seekers
 Dr Veronique Browne Lundbeck
Mon, 10 Sept 2007 Prof Dennerstein

Premenstrual Syndromes- an Update

Dr Veronique Browne Janssen Cilag
Mon, 17 Sept 2007 Dr Danny Sullivan Forensic Psychiatry
 Dr Veronique Browne Novartis
Mon, 24 Sept 2007 A/Prof Brian Dean NHMRC Senior Research Fellow,
Head, The Rebecca L. Cooper Research Laboratories MHRI 		Dr Veronique Browne Astra Zeneca
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 Halakhe Ganyu The Background Information on African Refugees and Settlement
Issues		 Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 Jo Beatson Inability to Mentalize in Borderline Personality Disorder: Relevant or Not? Dr Veronique Browne Organon
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 Prof Ogloff Professor of Clinical Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University Dr Veronique Browne Bristol Myers
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 Professor Kulkarni Hormones & Psychiatry Dr Veronique Browne El-Lilly
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 Professor Vance Head Academic Child Psychiatry Royal Children's Hospital Dr Veronique Browne Janssen Cilag
Mon, 5 Nov 2007

No Colloquium: Melbourne Cup Week
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 A/Prof Alex Cockram Key Directions for North Western Mental Health: Are we on the right track? Dr Veronique Browne Wyeth
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 Prof Patrick McGorry

Early Intervention & Youth Mental Health - Latest Developments

 Dr Veronique Browne  
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 Prof Campbell Paul & Dr Tom Levien Mothers with a major mental illness... Improving our understanding of the mother infant Dr Veronique Browne Pfizer
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 Dr Jonathan Knott When all else fails... Emergency Department Mental Health Dr Veronique Browne Astra Zeneca
Mon, 10 Dec 2007   No Colloquium: END OF YEAR PRESENTATION - Prof Singh Farewell    

 

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