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2003 No 3 - Mental Health Workforce Development
The Hon Gary Hardgrave, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, officially launched Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) and the MMHA website at the Diversity in Health Conference 2003. In this edition we focus on cultural competence, and education and training.
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Book Review: Counselling and Coping
Gibson, K., Swartz, L., & Sandenbergh, R. (2002) - Oxford University Press. 143 pages. Price A$42.95 (as per website) ISBN: 0195718682
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Book: The Cultural Awareness Tool
- A Practical Resource Kit for Health Practitioners
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Book: Speaking of Sadness and the Heart of Acceptance: Reciprocity in Education
- A model of interactive learning between migrant communities and mainstream mental health services By Nicholas G. Procter
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Book: Untangling the Threads
Edited by Wai-On Phoon & Ian McIndoe - Perspectives on Mental Health in Chinese Communities
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Mental health care and Medecins Sans Frontieres: providing care in spite of everything
- Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) provides emergency medical aid to the victims of natural and man-made disasters, famines, epidemics and conflict. Every year the Australian section of the organisation recruits around 100 medical professionals to work as volunteers in the field, including a number of psychologists.
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In My Opinion:Transcultural Health Education for Multicultural Australia: Culture or Acculturation?
- In My Opinion is an occasional feature where Synergy will ask individuals from a range of backgrounds and disciplines to address issues we think are of interest to our readers. In this article, Greg Turner, MAPS Education & Development Coordinator, Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre, argues that competence in acculturation and contextualisation is more important than the study of specific cultures.
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Learning from Experience: community participation in the transcultural education of mental health professionals
Mark Loughhead, Phd Candidate School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia - Consumers from CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) backgrounds have a strong role to play in influencing training content and worker education processes.
