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Defence Health Services

Presentation to IIMHL 27 Feb 2017

Dr David Said Clinical PGMS MGR ADFCMH

Early Identification & Intervention

• Particular significance in traumatic stress

disorders

• Maladaptive coping skills becoming

problems in their own right

• Defence personnel problem solvers
• Loss of support
• Hopelessness

Suicide Prevention Program

PREVENTION

• Mandatory Suicide

Awareness

• All Hours Support

Line

• Mental Health

literature

• BattleSMART
• Defence Policy

INTERVENTION

• KYMS – SPT
• ASSIST
• Mental Health Risk

Assessment Training (MHRAT)

• Defence Policy

POSTVENTION

• CIMHS
• Post event reviews
• Suicide database
• Defence Inquiries
• Defence Policy

RESET

• Evidence-informed prevention program developed

specifically for ADF pers

• Utilises a coach-based, skills training, self management

approach

• “soft landing” and self care message
• Strong cognitive-behavioral orientation and include

elements such as problem solving, activity scheduling, helpful thinking, social support facilitation and anger and distress management

MHFA

• Early identification
• Increasing awrenss/redcuing stigma
• Validating compassionate / mateship

response

• Assists families indirectly

ANGER & PTSD Intervention

• Manualised CBT - 12 sessions
• Clinician training – 2 days
• Psycho-ed on anger & role of PTSD in life
• Anger monitoring between each session
• Key triggers, perpetuators & themes
• Broad range of management skills
• Stress inoculation training

Unit & Individual Welfare Boards

• Collaborative care in occupational domain of

injured member

• Process by which to involve chain of command

in management of member

• Defence workplace inherent risks
• Unit can provide support and resources to

clinicians

• Clinician can prevent unnecessary stress and

uninformed response from unit

Questions?

Internet Home page: http://www.defence.gov.au/health/