The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees: an abridged outline.
This qualitative study assessed how clinicians prepared and used interpreters during psychotherapeutic sessions and investigated the strategies they used to manage the dynamics of this process.
There is a need to develop a comprehensive and coherent mental
health research agenda to guide the development of policy and practice relevant mental health research for children, young people and adult of refugee background.
This document suggests how practitioners can contribute to improving the accessibility, quality and effectiveness of services for this population, based on what young people who were refugees said about their experiences of using Australian mental health services.
In 2016 HealthWest received a small grant to enhance the work of the public mental health service system in the western metropolitan area of Melbourne in responding to refugees and asylum seekers who have a mental illness, or who are at risk of experiencing an episode of acute mental illness.