Abstract
The College Address at this year's Congress in Adelaide has been universally hailed as the best ever. The evening featured the remarkable skills of the choir and orchestra, Musici Collegii Doctorum Animorum cum Amicis. A large and appreciative audience were treated to a selection of Purcell, Mozart, Vivaldi and Grainger under the baton of Mr Jason Shute.
The College Address is the most important ceremonial event on the College Calendar and the occasion of the presentation of College awards and prizes for 2000. The awards were presented by the President, Dr Jonathan Phillips, at the ceremony held in the Adelaide Convention Centre, venue of this year's Congress.
During the ceremony, 24 newly elected Fellows of the College were presented to the President and formally welcomed into the College. The President also presented a Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to Dr Alasdair Vance who recently completed College training and assessment in this sub-specialty.
ORGANON SENIOR RESEARCH AWARD
The Organon Senior Research Award is made possible by Organon (Australia) Pty Ltd. It recognises excellence in research in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand.
Professor Assen Jablensky (Western Australia) being presented with the Organon Senior Research Award
The recipient of the Organon Senior Research Award for 2000 was
The State Manager for South Australia of Organon (Australia) Pty Ltd, Mr Tim Campion, was present to hand the cheque for $10,000 and the Award Certificate to the President for presentation to Professor Jablensky.
LILLY PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP
The Lilly Psychiatry Fellowship is sponsored by Eli Lilly (Australia). It aims to encourage younger psychiatrists to pursue careers in psychiatric research and enables the recipient to undertake research in psychiatry in the elective year of the College Fellowship Training Program. The award comprises a stipend of $30,000 and a grant of $5000 for equipment and incidentals.
The Lilly Psychiatry Fellowship was awarded in 2000 to
The Medical Director of Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd, Dr David Wong, was present to hand the cheque for $35,000 and the Award Certificate to the President for presentation to Dr Reutens.
Dr Sharon Reutens (New South Wales)—Lilly Psychiatry Fellowship (with Dr Jonathan Phillips, President, and Dr David Wong, Medical Director, Eli Lilly Australia)
SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIGENOUS MEDICAL STUDENTS (NEW ZEALAND)
The Scholarships for Indigenous Medical Students are made available to a medical student of indigenous background in Australia and New Zealand to pursue an elective in psychiatry during their undergraduate course.
In 2000, this award was made to
The College would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Youth Sepecialty Service in Dunedin and Dr Kate Wood and her team. In Adelaide, we would like to acknowledge and thank Polly Sumner of Nunkuwarrin Yunti who provided a placement for Liza, and special thanks to Rowsie Howson for supervising the placement.
Ms Liza Edmonds (New Zealand)—Scholarship for Indigenous Medical Students
MADDISON MEDALLION
The Maddison Medallion is named after the late Professor David Maddison, a former President of the College and its first Censor-in-chief. It is awarded for meritorious performance throughout the College training and examination program.
The Medallion was awarded in 2000 to
SECTION ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS DISSERTATION PRIZE
The College Section on Alcohol and Other Drugs awards an annual prize for the most meritorious dissertation related to substance use disorder and addiction studies.
Dr Verity Humberstone (New Zealand)—Maddison Medallion
In 2000, this award is made to
Unfortunately, Dr Whan could not be present in Adelaide, but arrangements have been made for him to be acknowledged at the New Zealand national conference in Rotorua later this year.
Choir and orchestra, Musici Collegii Doctorum Animorum cum Amicis
COLLEGE CITATION
The College Citation is awarded for special service to the College or psychiatry by Fellows or others outside the College. In 2000, the College Citation was awarded to
Unfortunately Professor Andrews could not be present in Adelaide but arrangements are being made to make the presentation to him at an appropriate College occasion later in the year. The text of the Citation appears below.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is pleased to award the College Citation to Professor John Gavin Andrews.
Professor Andrews graduated in medicine from the University of Otago in 1956. He obtained his DPM from the University of Melbourne in 1962 before returning to New Zealand to complete a MD (1965). He became a Member of the College in 1964 and was elected to Fellowship in 1973. Professor Andrews' prolific research career has taken him all over the globe. Through his work with the World Health Organization he has developed computerised diagnostic systems which are now used in many countries. He currently directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Substance Abuse which coordinates research in Australia and overseas.
His contribution to the College has been one of true leadership. His work in quality assurance, mental health service delivery, and research have contributed greatly to the good reputation of psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. His involvement in education and training has produced psychiatrists and psychologists who now hold senior, influential positions. Those who have had the privilege to work with him know him for his inquiring mind, his openness to other points of view, and for the loyalty he engenders among his colleagues.
Professor Andrews was responsible for the College's Quality Assurance Project that was carried out in the early 1980s. The guidelines he produced have now been recognised around the world as the first comprehensively developed clinical practice guidelines in psychiatry. This pioneering work has brought great recognition to the College and has set an example for other peak psychiatric bodies to follow.
Professor Andrews has taken a lead role in examining ways in which mental health services can be delivered. Again for the first time, his work brought together epidemiological data in a practical sense to set a framework for service delivery. Although his findings often challenged the College and its Fellows by questioning longheld assumptions, they provided the stimulus for a great deal of healthy debate about the shape of mental health services in years to come.
Indeed, Professor Andrews will be remembered by many of his colleagues and friends for his willingness to raise uncomfortable issues for the profession. Sometimes, only with the benefit of hindsight, have we been able to see that the questions he has raised have been timely and appropriate for the profession to consider.
The College has twice awarded Professor Andrews the Organon Senior Research Award, in 1982 and 1991. He was awarded the AMA/Kellogg Travelling Fellowship in 1983 and the Founders Medal of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research in 1998. He is the author of more than 300 articles and books.
Professor Andrews' contribution to the College and to psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand has been extraordinary. He is a most worthy recipient of the College Citation.
Choir and orchestra, Musici Collegii Doctorum Animorum cum Amicis. Conducted by Mr Jason Shute
COLLEGE MEDAL OF HONOUR
One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the College Medal of Honour to
The President made the presentation of the College Medal of Honour and the accompanying Citation to Associate Professor Chiu The wording of the Citation appears below.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has much pleasure in awarding the College Medal of Honour to Associate Professor Edmond (Yu-Kuen) Chiu, Member, General Division, Order of Australia.
This is the College's highest and most prestigious Award and is presented only for the most distinguished and meritorious service to the College.
Dr Chiu obtained his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 1965 and his Diploma of Psychological Medicine in the UK in 1971. He gained membership of the College in May 1973 and was elected a Fellow of the College in May 1978. Within a few months of becoming a College Fellow, Dr Chiu was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Branch. He became the Honorary Secretary of the Branch in 1974, a position he held until 1988, becoming the longest serving Branch Secretary of the College.
In 1978 Dr Chiu was elected to General Council as Councillor representing Victoria and held this position until 1988. He served as Honorary Secretary of the Section of Social and Cultural Psychiatry from 1974 to 1985. In 1984 Dr Chiu became the first Honorary Secretary of the Board of Research and held this position until 1992. On four occasions he has been an external examiner for the Fellowships Board.
In 1988 Dr Chiu was elected as the inaugural Chair of the Section of Psychiatry of Old Age (now the Faculty), a position he held until 1995. Dr Chiu was the main driving force behind the development of the Section. Since stepping down as Chair of the Section, Dr Chiu remains an active member of the Faculty Executive and has played a significant role in the development of its advanced training program.
Choir and orchestra, Musici Collegii Doctorum Animorum cum Amicis
Above and beyond his College roles, Dr Chiu has been involved nationally and internationally in issues related to health care of the elderly. He currently holds the two premier international positions in geriatric psychiatry and is recognised as the leader in the field worldwide. He is President of the International Psychogeriatric Association and Chairman of the Geriatric Psychiatry Section, World Psychiatric Association.
His contributions to his community are similarly outstanding and led to the award in 1988 of the honour of Member in the Order of Australia. In 1972 he established the first Huntington's Disease Clinic in Australia and remains its Director to this day. In 1973 he helped establish the Australian Huntington's Disease Association. In 1990 he was awarded the Marjory Guthrie Award for outstanding service to the Huntington's Disease community by the Huntington's Disease Society of America. And in 1993 he was awarded a certificate of recognition for outstanding service by the Australian Huntington's Disease Association (Victoria).
Dr Chiu is a prolific researcher. He has published over 70 articles in refereed journals, co-authored, edited or coedited more than a dozen books and written 14 book chapters.
It is difficult to do justice to the extensive contribution Dr Chiu has made and continues to make to psychiatry and to The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. It is with our most sincere appreciation that we honour him with the College Medal of Honour.