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This paper outlines a brief, sensitive screening tool with robust psychometric properties that is easy to administer at the agency of first presentation. The STAR-MH has been developed to facilitate mental health referrals for people seeking asylum and newly arrived people from refuge

This report summarises the outcomes from the Improving access to mental health services for refugees and asylum seekers in the west project. A number of capacity building, awareness raising and service coordination initiatives were implemented throughout the project.

This information will assist settlement, health and community service staff who deliver services to refugee and asylum seeker clients to navigate the mental health service system in Melbourne’s west. The updated tool includes services for children and young people. It also includes ne

This briefing paper highlights the psychological, economic and social impacts of refugee family separation. The paper includes recommendations to ease these barriers, including a dedicated humanitarian allocation in the family stream of the Migration Program, concession rates or waive

  The new Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA) Recommendations for comprehensive post-arrival health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds have been launched.  Below is the link to the free PDF, and har

The NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre have recently updated a factsheet exploring the mental health of Syrian refugees.  Click below to access the factsheet.

Young people from refugee backgrounds who had accessed mental health services were interviewed about their experiences of doing so in a research study by Foundation House. Suggested guidelines for mental health practitioners have been compiled based on the young people’s comment

beyondblue has developed 3 in-language booklets in consultation with members of the Arabic, Dari and Chinese communities for people who are concerned about someone close to them experiencing depression or anxiety.  Arabic and Dari booklets are available for parents and guardians who a

Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) has worked with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have lived experiences of mental illnesses to tell aspects of their stories through digital media. Permission has been provided for the stories to be used

Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights has a range of publications available for download. Resources include reports on family violence, and on race, faith and gender; a guide for teachers working with Muslim students; a media guide; and multilingual publications on v