The Family focus intervention is an evidence-based program designed for mental health professionals treating parents with depression and/or anxiety to foster resilience in their children and the family unit.
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Professional Endorsement:
The Family Focus intervention course is professionally endorsed by:
Members of Australian Psychological Society and Occuptational Therapists can accrue Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours by participating in CPD activities that they determine to be relevant to their individual professional skills, learning plans and goals. These may be self-initiated. CPD activities do not need to be endorsed by the APS or OT Australia.
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"Evidence shows programs like Family Focus can break the generational cycle to prevent the onset of mental illness in as many as four out of ten children."
Dr William Beardslee
Gardener Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Latest 'GEMS' (Sept 2012): 'Targeted family interventions for families where a parent has a mental illness: Early intervention benefits to children'
'Parental mental illness is a family matter’ was the theme of the Australian open access general medical journal sponsored by COPMI in 2012.
'Gateways to Evidence that MatterS' (GEMS) are short COPMI papers designed to synthesise evidence-based research for professionals.