This presentation will provide an overview of: The prevalence study of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and other neurodevelopmental impairments conducted at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Western Australia The workforce development component, including a demonstration of training resources aiming to upskill justice professionals in the management of young people with neurodevelopmental impairments The implications of this research, and related recommendations Dr Hayley Passmore is a child health researcher based at the Telethon Kids Institute in Boorloo (Perth). Hayley has qualifications in child health, criminology and psychology, and over 10 years working in adult corrections and youth justice facilities. In 2019, she completed her PhD focusing on the workforce development component of the internationally recognised Banksia Hill Detention Centre study; the first Australian study to explore the prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) among justice-involved young people. Hayley is the project lead and developer of Reframe Training; an evidence-based program educating frontline staff on the management and support of young people with neurodisability. Hayley has received international recognition for her research and its impact, including receiving a 2020 Churchill Fellowship, being named a 2021 AMP Foundation Tomorrow Maker and a 2022 WA Finalist for Young Australian of the Year. Tickets are essential. Please click here for tickets.

Professor Ian Freckelton AO QC will review the major recommendations of the 5 volume 2021 report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System which is in the process of being implemented in the form of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill 2022. He will outline the proposed new structures and fresh approaches to the delivery of mental health services in Victoria, identifying the key issues of controversy and the tensions within the reform process. He will explore the human rights underpinnings of the new legislation, reflecting on the counter-therapeutic effects of the use of coercion and the approaches most conducive to facilitating recovery from mental illness. He will identify key issues that arise in relation to the use of coercive powers in imposition of assessment, temporary treatment and treatment orders, as well as in relation to the use of isolation, seclusion and chemical, and bodily restraint. Ultimately he will argue that, while clarification of objectives of mental health legislation and structural and legislative improvements have a role to play in mental health service law reform, the key issue is how government can improve non-coercive, therapeutic provision of services for persons with mental illnesses and thereby enhance recovery trajectories. This lecture will take place over Zoom. Attendance is free but registration is essential. Please click here to register. Ian Freckelton is a Queen’s Counsel with a practice throughout Australia and a judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru. He is a Professor of Law and a Professorial Fellow of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, an Honorary Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University and an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and the Australasian College of Legal Medicine. Ian has been a member of 10 statutory tribunals, including the Mental Health Tribunal between 1996 and 2021. He is a member of the Coronial Council of Victoria and was the Commissioner of the Victorian Law Reform Commission on the Medicinal Cannabis reference. He was the Binational President of ANZAPPL between 1991 and 1997 and was also President of the Victorian Branch of ANZAPPL for a number of years. He was elected a life-member of ANZAPPL in 1997. Ian is the Editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and was the Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law between 1994 and 2019. He remains its Founding Editor and Editor at Large. Ian is the author of 50 books and over 700 articles and chapters of books. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the law, and to the legal profession, across fields including health, medicine and technology.”

The Annual General Meeting of ANZAPPL Victoria will take place at 6pm (AEDT) on Tuesday 7 December 2021, via Zoom. All active members of ANZAPPL Victoria are welcome to attend. Active members of the Association can access relevant forms here. A Zoom link will be sent to all active ANZAPPL Victoria and Tasmania members an hour prior to the meeting. This meeting will be immediately followed by the ANZAPPL Victoria Annual Lecture. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Ian Freckelton AO QC and is titled 'Iteration, incrementalism and the use of coercion in mental health treatment: priorities for effective mental health service reform.' Please click here for more information about the Annual Lecture and to register.

The 41st Annual General Meeting of the Association will take place at 4pm (AEDT) on Thursday 18 November 2021, via Zoom, during the 40th Congress. All active members of the Association are welcome to attend. Details for how to access the meeting will be sent to all members 24 hours prior. You will be able to attend the AGM even if you are not registered for the Congress. Active members of the Association can access the agenda and relevant forms here. Nomination and proxy voting forms must be returned to the Secretary by 4pm (AEDT) on Thursday 11 November 2021. Please email forms to secretary@anzappl.org.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 6.30 pm on 11 November 2021 at Ayers House Conservatory, Adelaide. Active members of the Association can access relevant forms here. The AGM will be held alongside a seminar and dinner. Please click here to register your attendance. Nominations for office holder positions and membership of the management committee are now being received. We encourage new nominees interested in making a contribution to the Committeee. Nominations should be received by e-mail to the Secretary, at etelfer@lenkingchambers.com.au by 10 November 2021.

Join the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law for this engaging seminar and Annual General Meeting. Speakers Judge Liesl Chapman, District Court of South Australia (Chair) Dr Loraine Lim, Forensic Psychologist Dr Owen Haeney, Forensic Psychiatrist The Honourable John Sulan, QC Tickets All tickets include pre-dinner drinks, as well as a three course meal. Please click here for tickets. Members: $100 (use promo code 'MEMBER' at checkout) Non-members: $120 Students: $50 (use promo code 'STUDENT' at checkout) If you have any questions or dietary requirements, please email clerk@lenkingchambers.com.au or call 8210 6400.

This presentation concerns a meta-analysis by Professor Theresa Gannon and colleagues conducted. The purpose was to examine whether specialized psychological offense treatments for sex offending were associated with reductions in offense specific and non-offense specific recidivism. Staff and treatment program moderators were also explored. The review examined 44 programs. Over an average follow up time of 76.2 months, sexual recidivism was 9.5% for treated and 14.1% for untreated individuals. This represents an absolute decrease in recidivism of 4.6% and a relative decrease of 32.6%. Overall, treatment effectiveness appeared improved when programs received consistent hands-on input from a qualified, registered psychologist and facilitating staff were provided with clinical supervision. The findings show that such treatments are associated with robust reductions in offense specific and non-offense specific recidivism. Professor Gannon will discuss the implications for treatment providers with to regards staffing and program implementation variables for optimal recidivism reductions. Professor Theresa Gannon is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent. Theresa’s main research interests are in the areas of arson or fire-setting and sexual offending. Click here to access the meta-analysis. Click here to access the presentation slides.

ANZAPPL is delighted to host 'Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities and the Reduction of Risk' Conference with speaker Dr. Tim Connell. Offenders with disabilities being special issues and vulnerabilities to the task of rehabilitation in forensic mental health system. Their limitations make them vulnerable to predation by more able offenders, and their learning difficulties seriously restrict their participation in mainstream programs. This can lead to workers from mainstream settings underestimating their rehabilitation potential. However, people with disabilities, including those with mental health and offending histories (e.g. Tarnanthi patients), can achieve good quality of life. The challenge for workers is to understand what this looks like, and the different kinds of methods that help them achieve it. The relevant knowledge base (positive behaviour support, concrete learning of life skills and simplified psycho-education) falls outside the traditional knowledge base of workers in the adult mental health and forensic systems. This talk will describe the Tarnanthi team's journey along the road of developing a program like this in the SA FHMS setting. Tickets Please click here to register Members of ANZAPPL receive a discount when they register. Please enter the appropriate promotional code when registering to obtain your discount. Non-Member ($100) ANZAPPL Member ($80): Enter code Member Full Time Students ($40): Enter code Student Each ticket includes a three course meal If you have any questions or dietary requirements, please email: clerk@lenkingchambers.com.au or call 8210 6400.

Limited statutory compensation has been available for victims of sexual assault and abuse in Western Australia since 1971. Recently with the introduction of the Commonwealth Redress scheme statutory compensation is more readily available for survivors of institutional sexual abuse. At the same time the reform of laws relating to common law damages in relation to sexual abuse has provided an additional form of compensation/damages for sexual abuse victims. These three systems have respective advantages and limitations. This seminar will discuss the differing remedies/payments available and consider the respective merits of each system. In addition, it will analyse the differing forms of assessment and procedures involved in those systems. Robert Guthrie is Adjunct Professor at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University in Perth Western Australia. He was admitted to practice as Barrister and Solicitor in 1982. He was later Head of School of Business Law at Curtin University. He was sworn in as an Assessor for Criminal Injuries Compensation in WA in 2010. Registration for this event is essential. Click here to register.

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist - Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry (Victoria) and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Victoria) (ANZAPPL) are pleased to present a one day conference on Rethinking criminal responsibility: emerging perspectives in mental health.  Event information The Victorian Subcommittee of the RANZCP Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry along with the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Victoria) invite you to a one-day conference: Rethinking Criminal Responsibility: emerging perspectives in mental health. A full-day live and online event featuring a range of local, national and international experts in the law and mental health. Date Saturday 7th August 2021 Time 8.30am Registration opens 9am–4.30pm Conference sessions (Online or in person) 4.30–6.30pm networking function with canapés and drinks (in person) Location Online: Zoom webinar In Person: Brighton Beach Hotel, 4 The Esplanade, Brighton VIC 3186 Price Online: $50 In Person: $75 (RANZCP Trainees, ANZAPPL Members); $150 (others) Program 'A view from the Bench' - The Hon. Justice Chris Maxwell AC 'Should judges refuse to mitigate a sentence where the offender stopped their psychiatric treatment?' - Jamie Walvisch 'Old enough to offend but not buy a hamster ? : age and criminal responsibility' - Yolisha Singh 'Making addicts: Critical reflections from lawyers and judges on cases involving alcohol and other drugs' - Kate Seear 'Remorse Won't Go Away (from Criminal Justice): Problems and Solutions in Dealing with Remorse' - Michael Proeve 'Should we stop worrying about denial ?' - Nick Blagden Also featuring Panel Discussions and Debate on: 'This house believes that we should abolish the defence of mental impairment'. The conference includes morning tea and lunch and will conclude with social networking function with canapés and drinks from 4.30–6.30pm. Registration for this event is essential. Please click here to register. Registration for the conference is via the RANZCP website and requires you to set up, or already have, an account. Anyone can set up an account for free. You don’t have to be affiliated to the RANZCP or a fellow to set up an account. You just need an email address. It’s just so the system can log your details. ANZAPPL members - please note that your ANZAPPL login won’t work for this as registration is through the RANZCP rather than ANZAPPL website. 

The fields of law and medicine offer vastly different perspectives, and nowhere is that more clear than on the topic of death. Join a psychiatrist and a barrister as they discuss some of the more surprising intersections between their disciplines. Their presentation is very much intended to spark discussion and interaction. Dr Alex van Hattem is a WA-trained forensic psychiatrist. He works for International Health and Medical Services providing clinical care in detention centres, and in private practice writing court reports. He has also worked as a consultant psychiatrist at the Frankland Centre. Nicholas van Hattem is a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers, practising in commercial and criminal law. He previously worked at Freehills, ALS, and the State Solicitor’s Office. Nick served as President of the Law Society of WA in 2020. Registration for this seminar is essential. Please click here for tickets.

A dinner seminar jointly hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (SA) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (SA). Speakers include Magistrate Ian White, Deputy Coroner, and Mr Stephen Plummer, Senior Counsel Assisting the Coroner. Cost (inclusive of three-course dinner) $80 (ANZAPPL Members) $60 (RANZCP Members) $90 (Non-members) $40 (Full-time students) Bookings must be confirmed with payment by Monday 21 June before attendance is guaranteed. RANZCP members must supply their full names and membership numbers on registration. To arrange your booking please contact Chelsea or Zainab at Len King Chambers Telephone: 8210 6614 Email: clerk@lenkingchambers.com.au Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer only Account Name: ANZAPPL SA INC. BSB: 105-027 Acc No: 131 473 040 Important: Please enter your surname as reference.