Events
Past Events
Mental Health Week Forum - “What about us?” Challenging the Mental Health maze for Diverse Communities
ADEC’s Transcultural Mental Health Access Program successfully hosted a mental health forum to celebrate World mental Health Week on the 13th of October 2010.
The forum titled “What about us?” Challenging the Mental Health maze for Diverse Communities, attracted over 200 participants including service providers, carers and consumers. The key note speaker for the forum was Sebastian Rosenberg, Senior Lecturer, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney Medical School.
Issues around Mental health access for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, experiences of people from ethnic backgrounds dealing with mental illness are some of the areas that were highlighted at the forum.
The forum was funded by the Mental Health Council of Australia and the Department of Health and Ageing.
Sebastian Rosenberg - Keynote speaker Presentation (.pdf)
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ADEC Seminar - Working with Shame, Guilt and Grief: Destigmatising disabilities in ethnic families
On 22nd May 2008, ADEC hosted a seminar titled "Working with Shame, Guilt and Grief: Destigmatising disabilities in ethnic families" led by international guest psychiatrist Dr. Maurizio Andolfi at Richmond Town Hall.
Over 110 professionals and community representatives attended the session. Topics discussed included the impact of migration on ethnic families and how to overcome the feelings of shame and guilt which may occur when there is a disability in the family.
Dr. Andolfi urged each of us to challenge the medical model of treatment which currently focuses on treating diseases rather than people with diseases. He also spoke of the importance of working with the whole family rather than just the person with the disability and their immediate carer.
For detailed notes from the seminar please see ADEC seminar notes
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Future Bound Conference - 10 August 2007
ADEC, together with the Conference Advisory Committee, held a successful conference to raise awareness about mental health issues among the elderly in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The conference also aimed to promote the concept of partnerships (e.g. between research and practice, and between various stakeholders). The conference was held on Friday 10th August 2007 at the Angliss Conference Centre, Melbourne.
For detailed notes from the conference please see Conference notes
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