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In the last edition of the VTPU newsletter Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) contributed an article announcing the rollout of “Stepping out of the shadows” a community training package aimed at reducing stigma toward mental illness in culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD). VTPU are happy to announce that from several selected expert trainers, both pilot sites (GV Health and Werribee/Mercy) were successful in the selection rocess. This is a welcome addition to pilot site service development and evaluation activities, assisting the documentation of best practice service models. We congratulate both sites for their enthusiasm in supporting this project and look forward to working with Action on Disability in Ethnic Communities (ADEC), and expert trainers in the two sites to assist with improving access for CALD clients ...more
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2006 Census figures available online |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data for 2006 will shortly be available on the VTPU website... more
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Introduction to Module 2 |
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The module entitled Values, the sense of self, and emotions across cultures is the second module to be presented to Victorian mental health clinicians as part of the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit’s 2009 Pilot Training Course: Culturally competent mental health service provision for a multicultural society ... more
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Introduction to Module 3 |
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This is the third module, presented to Victorian mental health professionals, as of the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit’s 2009 Pilot Training Course entitled Culturally competent mental health service provision for a multicultural society. It has two parts; working with interpreters in mental health settings and communicating effectively with consumers and carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds ...more
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Introduction to Module 4 |
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The module entitled Understanding cultural beliefs and explanatory models of illness is the fourth module to be presented to Victorian mental health service staff as part of the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit’s 2009 Pilot Training Course: Culturally competent mental health service provision for a multicultural society. ...more
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Introduction to Module 5 |
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The module entitled Cross-cultural risk assessment and development of a cultural formulation is the fifth module to be presented to Victorian mental health clinicians as part of the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit’s 2009 Pilot Training Course. The module explores how cultural differences have an impact on suicidal risk and protective factors that can impact on the clinical risk assessment process. ...more
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A Consumer's Story: Ngoc Tram Trinh Trough |
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Ngoc Tram Trinh Trough, a Consumer, shares her experience ...more |
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Somali Mental Health Project |
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From 1990 onwards, large numbers of Somali refugees began migrating to Australia under the Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program as well as the Family Reunion Program. Most of them live in Melbourne’s northern suburbs ...more
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Refugee Mental Health: No More Trauma |
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Refugee experience is one of the worst experiences on earth. It’s like running for your life. It may involve a series of traumatic events. Because of local and global conflicts, it affects millions of people around the world. Especially human-made conflicts and disasters cause uprooting of people from their homelands and people look for asylum in different parts of the world. ...more
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Congratulations to Harry Gelber
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The Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (VTPU) would like to congratulate Mr Harry Gelber, Cultural Portfolio Holder at Royal Children Hospital (RCH) Mental Health Service Travancore, who was recently awarded an OAM (Medal in the Order of Australia, Queen’s Birthday Honours List). ...more
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UPCOMING VTPU EVENTS
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VTPU SEMINAR SERIES
Venue: VTPU Seminar Room, Bolte Wing,
St Vincent's Hospital, 2/14 Nicholson St Fitzroy
Time: Seminar 3.00-4.00pm
Transcultural Case Presentation: 4.15 - 5.15pm
To view the full 2009 seminar series program, click here
TRAINING: CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION FOR A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
To view the full program or to register, click here
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