1 in 5 adults are affected by some form of mental health problem every year. This means that mental illness is a common occurence and is likely to affect all of us at some stage in our lives. However, research shows that the use of mental health services by ethnic communities is much lower than other Australians.

The goal of ADEC's Transcultural Mental Health Access Program is to improve access to mental health services for people from ethnic communities.

The Transcultural Mental Health Access Program is a state-wide initiative that assists:

• ethnic communties and ethno-specific organisations to raise awareness about mental health problems and ways to access mental health and carer services.
• mental health services with developing culturally responsive models and strategies of working with ethnic communities.
• community organistions with raising their awareness of the impact of mental illness on ethnic communities and ways of assisting their clients to better access appropriate mental health services.

Please click on the following for more information about how ADEC can assist you or your organisation:

• Counselling
• Service development and systemic advocacy
• Community development with ethnic communities
• Mental Health support groups for consumers and carers
• Resources including audio recording of mental health information in various langauges

Transcultural Mental Health Program translated brochures:

• Arabic brochure
• Chinese brochure
• Dari brochure
• Greek brochure
• Italian brochure
• Turkish brochure
• Vietnamese brochure

Further Information

If you would like any further information about the program, please contact:

Rajiv Ramanathan
Transcultural Mental Health Access Program Coordinator
Phone: (03) 9480 1666
Fax: (03) 9480 3444
Toll Free: 1800 626 078
Email: mentalhealth@adec.org.au

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