MHIMA blog

Join mental health practitioners from across the country to take part in a live webinar broadcast, featuring an interdisciplinary panel discussion of a case study exploring a young Indian woman&rs ..

MHiMA has just completed the initial draft of a national workforce strategy and is seeking your feedback. The purpose of the strategy, Building Cultural Responsiveness: A Strategy for the Australi ..

Updated: Monday, 19 May, 2014 Guidelines being finalised The soon to be released Suicide first aid guidelines for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds incorporates the findings of  ..

Updated: Friday, 4 April, 2014 The Multicultural Mental Health Leadership Program, due to commence in May 2014 has been postponed. The program was developed as part of the Mental Health in Mult ..

MHiMA invites you to tell us about the programs and courses that your training organisation offers to health and community practitioners, consumer and carer advocates and agency leaders, who are w ..

The Centre for International Mental Health based in the University of Melbourne, as part of the Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) consortium, will be offering the Multicultural Ment ..

Mental Health Practitioner Network (MHPN) is hosting a webinar Collaborative Mental Health Care to Support a Young Person from a Refugee Background on Thursday 14 November 2013, 8.00pm - 9.15 pm ( ..

A national framework for recovery-oriented mental health services was launched in August by Dr Peggy Brown at the TheMHS Conference in Melbourne. Developed by the Australian Health Minister's Advisor ..

The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) and other clinical assessments included in the DSM-5 are now available online. The CFI team at the New York State Psychiatric Institute-Cente ..

Mental health consumers and carers of culturally and linguistically diverse background are encouraged to apply for a full scholarship to attend the forthcoming 4th Western Australian Transcultural ..