Forensic Mental Health Nurses Meeting

Date: May 26, 2010

Time: 5:15 pm  - 6:30 pm

Place: Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, CANADA

Room: TBA

The IAFMHS is an international association that aims to enhance the standards of forensic mental health services in the international community, and promote an international dialogue about forensic mental health, in all its aspects, including violence and family violence.

Although the roles and responsibilities vary across countries, Forensic Mental Health Nurses (FMHNs) play a key role in assessing, managing and treating mentally disordered offenders.

The IAFMHS is committed to increasing the involvement and contribution of FMHNs in the organisation in order to learn from their experiences, improve dialogue and collaboration between professionals working in Forensic Services and to promote the valuable work of FMHNs. To this end a special symposium on Forensic Nursing is being arranged at the forthcoming IAFMHS conference in Stockholm 2004 (Conference details on home page) and therefore FMHNs are encouraged to submit papers in accordance with the criteria in the ‘Call for Papers’ document. 

The inaugural Nursing Section meeting in Stockholm was attended by 15 nurses from Europe, Canada and Australia & past president Derek Eaves.

The consensus of  those present was that the IAFMHS should encourage greater involvement of nurses in the organisation and facilitate greater communication by way of a specific website/link attached to the IAFMHS website. I am currently exploring the establishment of such a website and additional issues with the organisation's administration.

It is envisaged that such a facility would contain specialist information relating to forensic mental health issues while enabling nurses to network with others from across the world.

Contacts:

Frans Fluttert, Chair of the Nursing Special Interest Group
faj.fluttert@hccnet.nl

Trish Martin, Editor of the Nursing Special Interest Group Newsletter
trish.martin@forensicare.vic.gov.au

Newsletters

FMHNS Newsletter Sept 2009 (Click here - PDF) 

FMHNS Newsletter April 2009  (Click here - PDF) 

FMHNS Newsletter June 2007  (Click here - PDF)

FMHNS Newsletter March 2007 (Click here - PDF)

Meeting Minutes

FMHNS Meeting June 2007 (click here for minutes - PDF)

FMHNS Meeting June 2006 (click here for minutes - PDF)