School-Link Newsletter, August 2013 issue: mental health and intellectual disability in children

School-Link Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 2 (August 2013) published by the Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s School-Link project (on mental health and intellectual/ developmental disability in children and adolescents) is now available on the School-Link website.

Highlights include:

• Health Economics for Mental Health and Intellectual Disability by Associate Professor David Dossetor

• Getting Students Ready for School by Michelle Hayter-Falconer and Nicole Ison

• An Interview with Professor Les White by Hebah Saleh

• The Medicine Cabinet: Quetiapine – a weak antipsychotic that is a great anxiolytic and excellent for acute agitation by Judith Longworth and Kenneth Nunn.

• The National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disability: A Summary by Associate Professor David Dossetor.

• Conference Reviews, Reviews, Upcoming Training and much more.

School-Link Co-ordinator, Jodie Caruana says, 

Please circulate the newsletter to your networks or anyone else who may be interested and encourage them to receive their own copy by signing up online here.