Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

 Welcome to the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

The VTPU is a statewide unit which supports area mental health and psychiatric disability support services in working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) consumers and carers throughout Victoria. You are invited to explore our growing website; we welcome your questions and comment.

Current Workshops & Events

 

VTPU SEMINAR

15th May 2013

Pathways to care for individuals with problematic Khat use and their families: Report on a pilot study

 A seminar with Yusuf Sheikh Omar

Click here for more information & registration

Click here for the 2013 program

 

 

VTPU TRAINING

 'Introduction to Cultural Responsiveness for Mental Health Services'

A one day workshop for mental health professionals

Click here to register for 2013 training

 

Homelessness amongst culturally and linguistically diverse people with a mental illness

Click here to view the pdf of the report titled ' Homelessness amongst culturally and linguistically diverse people with a mental illness'

 

Online Training

Free Online Training for Health Professionals working in Perinatal Mental Health Settings now available. 

 

Click here to access. 

    

  To learn more about the CaLD Perinatal Depression Project, click here to visit the Resource Portal.

 

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