Seminar recording Members can access a recording of this seminar through the Members' Section.   Supplementary materials Devilly G. J. & Annab R. 2008. A randomised controlled trial of group debriefing. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 39: 42-56. Devilly G. J., Varker T., Hansen K. & Gist R. 2007. An analogue study of the effects of psychological debriefing on eyewitness memory. Behavior Research and Therapy. 45: 1245-1254. Devilly G. J. & Varker T. 2008. The effect of stressor severity on outcome following group debriefing. Behaviour research and therapy. 46: 130-136. Robert N. P., Kitchiner N. J., Kenardy J., Robertson L., Lewis C. & Bisson J. I. 2019. Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 8. McCart M. R., Chapman J. E., Zajac K. & Rheingold A. A. 2020. Community-based randomized controlled trial of psychological first aid with crime victims. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 88(8): 681-695. Devilly G. J. & Varker T. 2013. The prevention of trauma reactions in police officers: decreasing reliance on drugs and alcohol. Canberra: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund.   Presentation abstract Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Lawyers are having to be exposed to increasingly vivid traumatic materials. These include police body camera footage, indecent images of children, graphic photographs of trauma, and audio and video recordings of crime. This is in addition to the everyday demands to which psychiatrists, psychologists and lawyers are exposed. In this presentation Professor Grant Devilly will outline practical steps that people can take to reduce the psychological impact. Specifically, he will cover the basics of good psychological health, responses to stress reactions, and preventing long lasting reactions to specific events. Grant is a Professor at Griffith University. He has worked predominantly with neuroses at the Institute of Psychiatry (England), as a senior psychologist in psychiatric hospitals, and is a practicing clinician. He has been invited to present both nationally and internationally on the topics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), alcohol use, violent and sexual offending, violent videogame use and is a recognised expert on psychological aspects of intervening with victims of crime. He has acted as an advisor to the Victorian Department of Justice and advised the Victorian Parliamentary Review into victim services and another enquiry into ‘Recovered Memory Therapy’. He was also an advisor to the Federal Attorney General to change legislation into the effects of violent videogames. He has been invited to present both nationally and internationally on the topic of PTSD, preventing PTSD and on psychological aspects of intervening with victims of crime, disaster and war. He was on the scientific working party which developed the Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and also the guidelines specifically aimed at emergency services personnel. In his capacity as a researcher and clinical psychologist he is frequently used as an expert witness in court cases involving PTSD in the workplace.

ANZAPPL SA members are invited to this important full-day seminar, to be followed by the Annual General Meeting. This event had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 restrictions. For information on how to register for this event, please view this flyer. Program Opening address Chief Justice Chris Kourakis Doli Incapax: Disability and Developmental considerations from a Youth Justice Perspective Louisa Hackett, Principal Psychologist  DHS Youth Justice     The Mental Health Act and the Assessment of Competence Dr John Brayley, Chief Psychiatrist Topic to be announced Martin Hinton QC, Director of Public Prosecutions The law reform reference on witness competence Hon Geoff Muecke, Dr David Plater  and Olga Pandos           Briefing an expert Judge Liesl Chapman The structure of reports Dr William Brereton Panel discussion, topic to be announced Barry Jennings QC

With several Australian states considering whether to criminalise coercive control, the need to understand this complex and insidious phenomenon is more pressing than ever. In this lecture, author and journalist Jess Hill will anatomise coercive control, and confront one of the most confounding questions of our time: why do men do this? Jess Hill is an investigative journalist and author of See What You Made Me Do, which won the 2020 Stella Prize, the Booksellers Choice Award, and is a finalist in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Her book is being adapted into a 3-part series for SBS in 2021. This event will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of ANZAPPL Victoria. Click here for more information. This event will take place on Zoom and all are welcome to attend. Registration is free and essential. Click here to register.

The Annual General Meeting of ANZAPPL Victoria will take place at 6pm (AEDT) on Tuesday 8 December 2020, via Zoom. All active members of ANZAPPL Victoria are welcome to attend. Click here to access an agenda, minutes and forms for this meeting. This meeting will be immediately followed by a lecture delivered by Jess Hill, titled 'Why does he do it? Understanding coercive control'. Click here for more information.

Join us in enjoying the relaxed ambience, excellent company, and stunning views at Tiki AF, Perth's newest 60s inspired cocktail bar. Make the most of the final chance to mingle with hte committee and those people that you see at our seminars but never have a chance to talk with, as we prepare to farewell 2020. An extensive range of fabulous cocktails, tasty beverages, and delicious food is available for purchase at the venue at your own expense. Make the most of happy hour! Please advise us if you are attending prior to the RSVP date of Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to assist in meeting the requirements of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. RSVP by Wednesday 2 December. Please click here to register.

The 40th Annual General Meeting of the Association will take place at 6pm (AEDT) on Tuesday 24 November 2020, via Zoom. All active members of the Association are welcome to attend, but it is essential that you register your attendance in advance. 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 6pm (AEDT) on Monday 23 November 2020. Please email forms to secretary@anzappl.org. Members who attend the AGM will also gain access to a special lecture delivered by Dr Eilionóir Flynn, Established Professor at the School of Law and Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP), National University of Ireland Galway. Disentangling capacity assessments from discovery of will and preferences – the radical promise of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities This lecture will address three major challenges that arise from different interpretations of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The first, is the issue of direct and indirect discrimination in functional assessments of mental capacity which are used to determine an individual’s legal capacity, for example, in respect of consent to treatment. The second is the dilemma of advance decisions and how these can be framed differently without using functional assessments of mental capacity as the trigger for when an advance decision should enter into force. The final issue is the need for a human rights compliant response in a situation where the individual's preference(s) appears to conflict with his/her will. Dr Eilionóir Flynn is an Established Professor at the School of Law and Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP), National University of Ireland Galway. She is a graduate of University College Cork (BCL, PhD), and received a scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences for her PhD research on advocacy for persons with disabilities in Ireland and Australia. In her current role, Eilionóir represents the CDLP on a number of EU-funded research projects in the fields of access to justice, EU implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, active citizenship and disability (DISCIT), and legal capacity reform (PERSON).

Australia has the highest rate of amphetamine dependence in the world, and of all the world’s regions, Australasia has, by a substantial margin, the highest rate of all-cause deaths associated with amphetamine dependence. Methamphetamine in its crystal form is particularly addictive and can quickly ruin the health and derail the lives of users and pose enormous challenges for their families and friends. In NSW, a staggering figure of around 8,000 persons with a current crystal methamphetamine addiction are received into the state’s gaols every year and require detoxing. But are we doing enough to help addicts get back on track? Should simple use and possession remain criminalised? Another drug in the amphetamine family is MDMA (‘ecstasy’) which, whilst less addictive, can have harmful side effects and can be especially dangerous to naïve users. MDMA has been linked to numerous deaths of young adults attending music festivals. There have been strong calls for the introduction of ‘pill testing’ facilities and an equally strong resistance by the NSW government to this. The ‘Ice Inquiry’ heard a vast amount of evidence and did a ‘deep dive’ into the many problems arising from amphetamine use, and its report released in February 2020 made 109 recommendations for addressing them. Before Covid-19 struck, the NSW government indicated that it would make a detailed response to the report by the end of the year. Nothing has yet been forthcoming, and in the meantime the pandemic has heightened the ‘drivers’ of drug use such that the problems identified in the report will only continue to worsen unless profound changes are made. About the Presenter Professor Dan Howard SC was the Commissioner of the Special Commission of inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’, and delivered his final Report to the Governor and Premier of NSW on 28 January, 2020. A former President of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal and a former Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW, Dan is a Visiting Professorial Fellow with the School of Law at the University of Wollongong, and has for many years taught ‘Psychiatry and the Criminal Law’ in the Masters of Forensic Mental Health Program at UNSW.  Tickets Registration for this webinar is free for all current ANZAPPL members, $10 for students and $20 for non-members. Click here to purchase tickets. Please note that this webinar will not be recorded. There will be an opportunity for discussion and questions at the end of the presentation.

The new Family Violence Act has changed much about prosecuting family violence. It will introduce two new criminal offences - Suffocation and Strangulation and a Persistent Family Violence Offence, which change the landscape under which family violence is prosecuted. The Act also makes changes to expert evidence in family violence, i.e. in terms of ‘who is an expert?’ and there will be a requirement for directions to be given to the jury about family violence. Western Australia is the first state to introduce a Serial Family Violence Offender declaration - a means of identifying high risk family violence offenders who often move from victim to victim. This presentation will discuss these amendments and also the other changes such as dowry abuse, explosive prohibitions, electronic monitoring, traffic fines and penalties. Ms Kati Kraszlan is the Commissioner for Victims at the Department of Justice and advocates to Government for ongoing improvement in victim of crime legislation, policies and services in Western Australia. Mr Tom Samuels is the A/Assistant Director, Legislative Services, Strategic Reform at the Department of Justice. He was the instructing officer on the bill and responsible for its passage through parliament. Please click here to purchase tickets.

Secure Care is considered to be one of the most intensive and restrictive forms of care provided for children who are at immediate and substantial risk of causing significant harm to themselves and/or others. Children requiring Secure Care are placed involuntarily in a locked centre in order to provide safety for themselves and others, with the overarching goal of being able to safely transition them back into the community. Many countries utilise such a service, however under vastly different frameworks and policies, with little evidence to support such differences. This presentation explores key findings from an international Churchill Fellowship examining care frameworks, stay duration and transition planning for children requiring Secure Care; as well as providing considerations for the development of a higher standard of therapeutic care in secured settings. Kelly Thompson is the Senior Clinical Psychologist for the Kath French Secure Care Centre in WA. Prior to this she worked in Residential Group Homes with children who have challenging, pain-based behaviour resultant from complex developmental trauma. Whilst her work has included experience in the private sector, her predominant focus has been on government systems, with a strong focus on the impact of trauma on children as well as the impact on the families and systems that surround the child. Kelly has recently completed a Churchill Fellowship, examining care frameworks, stay duration, and transition plans for children requiring Secure Care. CPD pending (for lawyers). This meeting will be preceded by ANZAPPL WA's Annual General Meeting. Please click here for more information. Please click here to purchase tickets.

On Wednesday 9 September 2020, ANZAPPL WA will hold its Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting will summarise ANZAPPL WA's activities and financial status as well as elect committee members.  Please find below an order of business, proxy form (for those unable to attend the AGM but wishing to vote by proxy), and nomination form.  If you are an ANZAPPL member and interested in joining the ANZAPPL WA committee you are able to nominate yourself for any position.  Completed paperwork can be returned by email to Catherine Korda, Secretary, ANZAPPL WA:  secretary.anzapplwa@gmail.com. Please return your completed paperwork by 5.45pm on Wednesday 02/09/2020. The AGM will be followed by a seminar, 'Creating a secure foundation for children at risk', presented by Kelly Thompson, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Kath French Secure Care Centre. Please click here to RSVP. Order of business Proxy voting form Nomination form

Dr Malinder Bhullar is a forensic psychologist who qualified in Western Australia before moving to the UK in 2003. Her presentation will provide an overview of the RO-DBT theoretical and treatment framework; a brief look at research and therapeutic innovations using RO-DBT in forensic mental health and criminal justice contexts in the UK. It will also cover pioneering forensic RO-DBT in Australia and discussion of future projects. Dr Bhullar has owrked in prisons, inpatient secure settings and community forensic teams. Her clinical work has included assessment, research and treatment of complex mental disorder and trauma in violent offender populations, and expert witness work for parole boards and family and immigration cases. With the aid of Polyvagal Theory-informed clinical and theoretical models such as Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and RO-DBT, she has a special interest in organisational / systemic trauma and the prevention and management of trauma-related experience in staff who work in forensic settings. Price Students (full-time, unsalaried only) $20 ANZAPPL members $25 Non-members $35 The price includes a drink on arrival and light canapes prior to the presentation. Click here to purchase a ticket. RSVP: Please purchase tickets by Monday 27 July, 2020.

Ed Heffernan is the Director of the Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service and an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at The University of Queensland. He is a clinician with over 20 years’ experience working at the interface of the mental health and criminal justice systems and he leads the Forensic Mental Health Research Group at Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. He is also the Clinical Director of the Mental Health Liaison Services to the Police Communications Centre and Queensland Ambulance. Ed will discuss the novel initiatives, the opportunities and the challenges for mental health services in supporting the first response to mental health crisis situations. He will overview and critique the range of collaborative models, including co-responder models, unique police mental health programs and the important role of the broader mental health sector in this space. He will discuss work happening in Queensland, including findings of a globally unique research study: Partners in Prevention: Understanding and Enhancing First Responses to Suicide Crisis Situations. Price: Registration for ANZAPPL members: $70 Registration for non-members: $90 Please click here to register.