How children are affected by an individual’s mental illness, a topic rarely considered in the treatment of mental illness, will be discussed at a public lecture to be given by Dr Darryl Maybery from Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Wednesday 5 November in Albury. Titled Parental Mental Illness – Where Are the Children?, the presentation will outline the prevalence and level of risk for children as well as the key points of intervention for children, parents, the family, workers and society for families facing mental illness and some approaches for assisting these children and families. “The ultimate aim of our research at CSU is early intervention and prevention of mental illness in families so that this impact is minimised,” said Dr Maybery, who is Associate Director for the CSU Centre for Inland Health and a senior lecturer with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, based in Wagga Wagga. The lecture will commence at 6pm in the Nowik Lecture Theatre, Guinea St, Albury.