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2004 No 3 - Recovery
This edition explores understandings and issues of recovery for consumers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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Perspectives on Recovery
By Felicity Zadro - We asked a Consumer, a Carer and a Clinician from culturally diverse backgrounds about their perspectives on recovery. Here is what they had to say...
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Kaliope Paxinos - In this article, Kaliope Paxinos, Carer Consultant, Educator and Lecturer, from Victoria shares her insightful thoughts and extraordinary experiences on the interaction between recovery and culture.
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What is Recovery? What are the current debates?
Gwen Scotman - Gwen Scotman, Consumer Advocate and Acting Chair of the Australian Mental Health Consumer Network explains.
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Recovered Not Cured: A Journey through Schizophrenia
Review by Kaliope Paxionos, Carer Consultant, Northwest Area Mental Health Service. Carer Advocate for Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit. Educator and Lecturer. - Book review
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Culturally Diverse Consumers Talk Recovery
Felicity Zadro - Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) together with the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) hosted a symposium, ‘The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Consumer Perspective on Recovery’. This symposium formed part of the Perspectives on Recovery conference hosted by the Australian Mental Health Consumer Network in Brisbane, August 2004. The symposium was an opportunity for CALD consumers to talk candidly about their own recovery journeys, their experiences and insights. They shared personal struggles, the effect of stigma on their lives and the experiences of dealing with the health system. The symposium was a unique opportunity for all the participants to hear the rarely discussed CALD consumer perspective on recovery. MMHA and NEDA would like to thank all the participants for their honesty in sharing their stories. Here are some highlights..
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Recovery in Australia - a journey of recovery for a culturally diverse consumer living in Australia.
Evan Bichara - Evan Bichara is a consumer advocate and educator at Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit. This is an edited version of a presentation Evan gave at the Perspectives on Recovery conference, Brisbane August 2004.
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Recovery is about Action PITANE: Consumer Run Recovery Service
Desley Casey and Natalie Andrews - Learn more about Sydney's Pitane Recovery Centre which is completely run by consumers.
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'No More Mualagh'
Multicultural Mental Health Australia - Assessing the information needs of rural Afghani communities in relation to antidepression medication
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Chinese Recovery Consumer Group
- Ryde Community Mental Health Service
