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July 2012

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Eastern Health Mental Health Executive Clinical Director Associate Professor Paul Katz, Dr Kenneth S. Thompson, Professor Mike Slade, Eastern Health Acute Adult Mental Health Clinical Director Jose Segal and Maroondah Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry Unit Acting Nurse Unit Manager Deborah Siddall.

International experts address forum

Two internationally-renowned experts have addressed the Making Recovery a Reality forum organised by Eastern Health’s mental health program.

Professor of Health Services at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, Mike Slade and Chief Medical Officer for Recovery Innovations in the United States Kenneth S. Thompson shared their ideas about recovery-based care with Eastern Health staff and colleagues from across the mental health sector.

Held in Ringwood, the forum included presentations from Eastern Health’s PARC (prevention and recovery care) service, Austin Health’s consumer group Super Hornets and Alfred Health.

Professor Slade and Dr Thompson visited Eastern Health’s inpatient facilities at Maroondah Hospital as well as the PARC service at Ringwood.