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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
May 10, 2012
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The IRCT is a health-based umbrella organisation that supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and the prevention of torture worldwide. IRCT’s members comprise more than 140 independent organisations in over 70 countries.Their work is governed by these member organisations
Continue Reading →Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT)
May 10, 2012
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The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) is a network of Australia’s eight specialist rehabilitation agencies that work with survivors of torture and trauma who have come to Australia from overseas. There is one FASSTT member agency in each
Continue Reading →Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children in Resettlement: White Paper II (2005)
May 10, 2012
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This US paper was produced by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States. The Refugee Trauma Task Force of the NCTSN specificall
Continue Reading →Rebuilding Shattered Lives
May 04, 2012
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A guide developed to assist improving services to survivors of torture and trauma, focusing on adults and young people. “Responding to people who have survived torture and trauma often represents a significant challenge for those in a position to help. The horror and pain contai
Continue Reading →Victoria’s Mental Health Services: Accessing Mental Health Services Directory
May 04, 2012
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This online database can be used to locate services geographically and by service type. Statewide and specialist services’ contact details are also listed on this website.
Continue Reading →Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Counselling Program
May 04, 2012
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ASRC provide pro-bono counselling service 6 days a week Monday-Saturday. People who are asylum seekers need to become members of the ASRC to recieve this and other services. The service has a modest waiting list. Address: 12 Batman Street, West Melbourne Email: *protected ema
Continue Reading →Barriers to and facilitators of utilisation of mental health services by young people of refugee backgrounds
April 27, 2012
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ABSTRACT The study that informed this report canvassed the views of more than 100 practitioners in mental health services or in contact with mental health services about “what works” and “what does not work” in engaging young people from refugee backgrounds with mental health services
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