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2009 Budget on Mental Health Services

 

Volunteers needed for international study on depression

 

Seeking Potential Stars for Mental Health Documentary

Camilo Haley used to be a consumer advocate with the Inner West Area Mental Health Centre in NSW. He is now undertaking a diploma of film and television. Camilo is conducting an independent project about living with mental health issues and is hoping to produce a mini documentary to be shown at various short film festivals and possibly even television.

New Resource for the Mental Health Sector

The Mental Health Coordinating Council of NSW has produced a workforce development guide as a response for a more strategic and coordinated approach to the growing community mental health sector.

Does Ethnicity and Culture Affect Health and Wellbeing?

Researchers at Deakin University in Melbourne are investigating the impact ethnic identity and acculturation has on the health and wellbeing of young people in Australia.

MMHA's E-Bulletin: March 2009

Welcome to Multicultural Mental Health Australia’s March 2009 E-Bulletin. This free electronic newsletter, The E-Bulletin, 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.

National Mental Health Policy

Australian Health Ministers met at the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference held in Melbourne on 5 March 2009.

Seeking consumers and carers to attend workshop

Country Health SA is seeking people with a lived experience of mental illness and carers to attend a two day workshop on Consumer and Carer Participation to develop the CHSA Mental Health Participation Framework.

MMHA's new funding and resources

Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) today accepted $2.7 million in funding from the Department of Health and Ageing to continue enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of Australia’s culturally diverse communities over the next three years.

Online research by the Black Dog Institute

Have you ever receieved psychological therapy?

New study finds those with a mental illness live a lonely life

ALMOST half of people with a mental illness have no close relationship in their lives, according to findings from a study.

Workshops on the Foundations of Mental Health Work

The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry is offering a new workshop series developed for community workers.

Mental Health Service Achievement Awards 2009

Multicultural Mental Health Australia is encouraging those working in transcultural mental health to nominate themselves in this year's Mental Health Service Achievement Awards.

Update on the Multicultural Community Quality Use of Medicines (MCQUM)

The Multicultural Community QUM Program is a combined initiative of the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) and the National Prescribing Service, NPS. This is an overview of the progress of the project.

The Integration of Mental Health in Primary Care

A joint report by the World Health Organization and the World Organization of Family Doctors on the integration of mental health in primary care is now available.

Post Natal Depression in CALD communities

The Post and Ante Natal Depression Association, PANDA, is undertaking research to identify agencies that work with women from CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) backgrounds living with post natal depression.

Generic medicines messages targeting Chinese and Italian communities

The third phase of the National Prescribing Service's (NPS) medicines awareness campaign, targeting seniors in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, begins on 1 February 2009.

Mental Health Grants Available in Regional South Australia

The Country Health SA Mental Health Program is offering grants that will contribute to Consumer and Carer Participation in projects and programs.

New Website on good practice in healthcare for migrants and minority groups

The Queen Mary University of London has been working on an European project on good practice in healthcare for migrants and minorities, and is now launching a new website to mark its hardwork.