Report for the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses [ACMHN] Consultation Liaison Special Interest Group [CLSIG] 2008 Annual General Meeting [AGM]. Uploaded in September 2019 for nostalgic/historical purposes.

1. “Is anybody out there?”
update report:
Australian & New Zealand
Consultation Liaison Nurses
Email Network
ACMHN CLSIG AGM
5th June 2008
Paul McNamara

2. “Is anybody out there?”

3. Our email Network
est. February 2002
Aim: “link peers for an exchange of information and ideas, with a
view to improving communication & mutual support for Australian
& New Zealand Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurses”
2005 Adelaide @ meeting re formation of CLSIG: consensus to use
the existing email network as the primary method for disseminating
& sharing information
Being promoted on the NSW & ACT Mental Health Consultation
Liaison Nurses Association’s new website

4. Other email Networks
“ISPN (International Society of Psychiatric Nurses) Psychiatric
Consultation Liaison Nurses” - ? actual international representation
[prior to folding, n = 24]
www.ispn-psych.org/html/ispcln.html
EACLPP - The European Association for Consultation Liaison Psychiatry &
Psychosomatics [01/06/08: unable to quantify membership or traffic]
www.eaclpp.org
The UK Forum for Trainees and New Consultants in Liaison Psychiatry [n
= 156, in 6 years “nurs*” in email 39 times]
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIAISON-PSYCHIATRY-TNC.html
The Dutch Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nursing Society
[n = 99; active: 14 email messages per month]
www.vcpv.nl

5. Our email Network

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9. Website Features

10. Links

11. Files

12. Bouncing emails

13. “Is anybody out there?”
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