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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

The Talking about health and experiences of using health services with people from refugee backgrounds project conducted 115 consultations with people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum, in Victoria in March and April 2016. The consultations asked people about t

People from refugee backgrounds may have unique clinical needs as a result of poor or interrupted access to healthcare. Person centred care is central to all clinical work with people from refugee backgrounds, and therefore the health concerns and priorities of the patient must be add

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

Public mental health services catchment area maps (i.e. for CATT and other services): http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/services/maps/index.htm Victorian public mental health service system: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/services/mhsystem.pdf A-Z of Department of H

The “Asylum seekers, refugees and human rights: Snapshot report 2013”  provides an overview of the key human rights issues related to asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australia. Key issues discussed include: onshore detention and processing; third country processing; a