Associate Professor Trollor presented a talk at a forum held at NSW Parliament house yesterday. The talk outlined potential strategies to address the health issues related to ageing in people with an ID.
This report details the progress that the Chair IDMH and the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry has made since inception to present, 2009 – 2014.
In the first of the FACSAR Seminars, the Chair IDMH presented a review of research undertaken by the Chair at UNSW. You can view this presentation below:
On February 6, 2014, the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry held a strategic planning day to review projects and plan for the future directions of the Department. Key slide presentations can be found below,
3DN have made a submission on the Exposure Draft of the Disability Inclusion Act 2014 in January advocating for consideration of people with an intellectual disability.
UNSW’s Chair in Intellectual Disability Mental Health presents at “Our Time to Shine”, a Special Olympics Australia Health Symposium, held in conjunction with the opening of the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games.
UNSW’s Chair in Intellectual Disability Mental Health presented practical guidance on ID and mental health issues to medical officers working within forensic and custodial settings.
Dr Willemijn Hensbroek is an Intellectual Disability (ID) Medicine registrar from Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A three year Specialty training in ID Medicine has been available in the Netherlands since 2000.
Associate Professor Julian Trollor presented at the 9th Congress of the International Neuropsychiatric Association in Chicago, Illinois on September 26, 2013.
The SAge-ID team has released their first study newsletter.
See attached for preliminary study findings, information on increased NSW target areas for study recruitment, an overview of our recent public forums and more!