Resources

Past Events and Reports

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

Brochure

Somali Mental Health Youth Brochure – developed by Somali youth

Finding the right help for mental health problems: Services for culturally diverse patients in the northern region

This new resource was created by ADEC and the Northern Division of General Practice to assist GPs and other community service providers with finding help for clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with mental health problems. It lists mental health services within the Northern Region which cater specifically to the needs of culturally diverse clients.

Second Edition - September 2009

Future Bound Conference - 10 August 2007

Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (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.

Regional Ethnic Elderly Profiles 1 Sep 2000

Mental Health Audio Recordings in Various Languages

We have audio tapes about Mental Health that are available to mail out in languages such as Greek, Cantonese, Cambodian, Macedonian, Polish, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, Croation, Vietnamese and Turkish.

Please phone ADEC or email mentalhealth@adec.org.au if you would like to receive a copy of the tapes.

They can also be listened to by clicking on the below links.

Mental Health Resources on the Web

Sane Australia
www.sane.org
Factsheets about mental health, some of which are in Greek, Italian and Vietnamese.
Go to "information", then click on "factsheets"

Multicultural Mental Health Australia
www.mmha.org.au
Information about research, publications, policy etc.
Also, gives a list of mental health information translated into different languages (Australia-wide)
Go to "translated information" or "Information in your language"

Transcultural Mental Health Centre
www.dhi.gov.au/tmhc
Translated information includes "Let's Talk about Mental Health" in 15 languages.

Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (VTPU)
www.vtpu.org.au
Includes: a bilingual mental health worker directory
translated material about mental health

Beyondblue
www.beyondblue.org.au
Provides information about depression (English only)

Department of Human Services, Victoria Government
Translated information for carers:
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/carer

Patient rights - translated information via telephone
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/patientrights/index.html

In house papers

Manuals

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