Meet our next speaker
MIFA's guest speaker for Schizophrenia Awareness Week 2010 will be a visiting US expert with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of families and mental health: Dr Joanne Nicholson.
Dr Nicholson is Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Centre for Mental Health Services Research at the University of Massachusetts medical school’s department of psychiatry.
She will be discussing issues around people with a mental illness and the role that family members play in recovery.
Since gaining her PhD in human development and family studies in 1979, Dr Nicholson has spent more than 40 years working with families.
For your chance to meet Dr Nicholson at one of SAW 2010's public events contact your local MIFA member at the numbers below for your city.
| Sydney | 16th - 17th May | 02 9879 2600 |
| Canberra | 18th May | 08 8272 1018 |
| Melbourne (including the annual Bruce Woodcock Memorial Lecture) |
18th - 19th May | 03 8486 4200 |
| Adelaide | 19th - 20th May | 08 8378 4100 |
| Perth | 20th - 23rd May | 08 9228 0200 |
Watch this space for more details and possible changes to this itinerary.
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About MIFA
Mental Illness Fellowship Australia (MIFA) is a national body with state and territory member organisations providing services in all Australian states and territories.
MIFA is a non-government, not-for-profit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organisation dedicated to helping people with serious mental illnesses, their families and friends.