http://www.mmha.org.au daily 1 2006-05-12T07:47:14Z http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/special-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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-15T01:14:08Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-15T01:00:41Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-07T01:30:43Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-06T01:20:28Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/identifying-the-carer-project-2013-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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-02T05:25:48Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-05-02T04:39:05Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-30T01:43:22Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/mental-health-workshop-and-forum-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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-29T02:28:53Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-22T02:50:02Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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). No publisher admin 2008-04-21T09:52:16Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-20T23:44:27Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-16T06:31:13Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/rotary2019s-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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-16T06:22:41Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-16T06:04:41Z News Item http://www.mmha.org.au/information/news-items/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. No publisher margarete 2008-04-11T00:28:20Z News Item