Experts from Australia and internationally are being invited to share innovative practice and developments aimed to improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental illness.

Quality of Life – Equality in Life

Themes — The symposium will focus on the 6 essential elements and the actions of the National Consensus Statement:

• Equipping and engaging consumers
• Promotion and prevention
• Equity of access
• Providing quality care
• Care coordination
• Measuring progress

The themes covered in the program will include presentations from research, policy development and practice across topics such as:

• Peer workforce
• Young people
• Smoking
• Lifestyle
• Substance use
• Older people
• Training and development
• Carers
• Improving access
• LGBTI
• Human rights
• Informed consent and informed consumers
• Comprehensive care
• Shared Care coordination
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
• Services and systems
• Translating research into practice
• Exercise
• Nutrition
• Engagement and connection
• Chronic disease
• Lived Experience
• Peer navigators
• Medication