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Up one levelSpecial Retreat for CALD Carers of people with a mental health disorder or illness
The NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre’s CALD Carer Support Program is hosting a free retreat for carers from CALD backgrounds for people living with a mental health disorder of illness.
Parliamentary Inquiry into Carer needs
MMHA is urging carers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are looking after people living with a mental illness to make a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry into the needs of carers.
FECCA and NEDA Welcome Convention on Disability Rights
The Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) and the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) have welcomed the commitment from the Rudd Government to support the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Online survey for people living with bipolar disorder (and their advocates/carers)
UK-based publishing and research organisation, PatientView, in association with the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH) and GAMIAN-Europe, as well as the European family and carer federation, EUFAMI, is inviting you to participate in an online survey.
Identifying the Carer Project – final report and recommendation for the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing:
The Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing has released the final report and recommendations from the Identifying the Carer Project.
Self-Help for Depressive Symptoms: Information Sheet for Consumers
You are invited to participate in the above research project, which is being conducted by ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne.
Community consultation: the Horn of Africa Communities' contribution to Australian society
A community consultation examining the social, economic, political and documentation of the contribution made to Australian society by the Horn of Africa Communities is being held on Saturday 3 May 2008 in Sydney.
Workshop and Forum on mental health issues for people from CALD backgrounds in the NT
MMHA is hosting another mental health forum for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds living in the Northern Territory.
Red Cross Bridging Support Program
The Bridging Support Program (BSP) is a pilot program developed by the International Tracing, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Services of Red Cross in South Australia.
Anthony Marsella's presentation slides available for download
At the Adelaide Diversity in Health Conference in March 2008, Professor Anthony Marsella conducted a workshop on Ethnocultural Aspects of Psychopathology, Therapy, and Mental Health Service Delivery Systems. The slides from the workshop are now available for download from this website. (You will need Microsoft Powerpoint or OpenOffice Impress to view the slides).
Improving Mental Health Services
The following is a copy of a media release from the Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Nicola Roxon MP.
New beyondblue Online Directory of Mental Health Professionals
beyondblue has collated an online national directory of medical and allied health practitioners working in mental health.
Rotary’s Mental Health Forum for CALD communities
The Granville Rotary Club is holding a Mental Health Forum for CALD communities in Sydney on Wednesday 14th May. Rotary approached MMHA to nominate a couple of people to speak at the event.
Multicultural Mental Health Australia E-Bulletin April 2008
Welcome to the April edition of the MMHA E-Bulletin. This newsletter aims to keep you up-to-date with the latest news and information related to the mental health and wellbeing of Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
Mental health forum in South Australia with Anthony Marsella
Multicultural Mental Health Australia recently held a special mental health forum in South Australia to provide an opportunity for mental health stakeholders from that state to come together.
Building Resilience - 1st Annual Digital & Photographic Art Competition
If you're an avid photographer you definitely will need to know about the Mental Health Association NSW Inc's latest competition.
Clinicians supporting the Consumer journey
The Mental Health Unit in South Australia is hosting the Mental Health National Outcomes Forum next month.
2008-2009 Community Development Grants
The Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW is invites expressions of interest from non profit sharing incorporated organisations for funding from its 2008-2009 Community Development Grants Program.
Auseinet national train-the-trainer workshop
Auseinet is calling for applications for its national train-the-trainer workshop that commences at the end of May 08.
beyondblue and Multicultural Mental Health Australia team up
beyondblue Chairman, Jeff Kennett, and Patron of the beyondblue Perinatal Mental Health Program, Mary Kostakidis, launched a new series of multilingual resources with Vicki Katsifis from Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) at the Diversity In Health conference in Sydney last week.
