TRANSCULTURAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

In addition to these new
resources, MMHA has also released a new series of bilingual
resources with beyondblue: the national depression initiative.
The fact sheets which previously were only available in English
have now been produced in Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Khmer,
Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Greek,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi,
Russian, Serbian, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Somalian,
Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. The resources
include: The Depression Checklist, Understanding Depression,
Living and Caring for a Person with Depression, How Can You Help

Someone with Depression? Depression and antidepressant
medication and Emotional Health During Pregnancy and Early
Parenthood.

These new resources are all
free and can be ordered directly from the MMHA office – 02 9840
3333 or downloaded from

www.mmha.org.au/mmha-products/fact-sheets
 

• NEW!
  Culture and Mental Health: Current Issues in Transcultural
  Mental Health. From the Australian Transcultural Mental Health
  Centre. www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse/ Monograph Series includes the
  following publications:
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    Margaret Fitzgerald. Guide for the Use of Focus Groups in
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    al. Occupational Therapy, Culture and Mental Health. 1997.
    
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    Diane Barnes. Perspectives on Transcultural Mental Health.
    1997
  • Fitzgerald, Maureen H. et
    al. Hear Our Voices: Trauma, Birthing and Mental Health
    among Cambodian Women. 1998.
  • Ferguson, Barbara and
    Eileen Pittaway. Nobody Wants to Talk About It – Refugee
    Women’s Mental Health. 1999.
  • Bashir, Marie and David
    Bennett. Deeper Dimensions – Culture, Youth and Mental
    Health. 2000.
  • Raphael, Beverley and
    Abd-Elmasih Malak. Diversity and Mental Health in
    Challenging Times. 2001
  • Barnes, Diane. Asylum
    Seekers and Refugees in Australia: Issues of Mental Health
    and Wellbeing. 2003.
• Marsella, Anthony J. and Ann Marie Yamada.
  “Culture and Pathology: Foundations, Issues, and Directions”
  in S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.) Handbook of Cultural
  Psychology. New York: Guilford Publications, May
  2007.
• Marsella, Anthony J. and Ann Marie Yamada.
  “Culture and Mental Health: An Introduction and Overview of
  Foundations, Concepts, and Issues” in Israel Cuellar and
  Freddy A. Paniagua, Eds. Handbook of Multicultural
  Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment of Diverse
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  Emergency Room Setting.” Psychiatric Issues in Emergency
  Care Setting 2006; 5:44, pp. 23-26.
• Alarcon R., Hart, D.
  “Cultural Competence: The Influence of Culture in Emergency
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  2006; 5:44, pp. 13-21.
• Bhugra, Ahmad K,
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• De Jong, Joop. Public
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• Fernando, Suman. Cultural
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• Jha, S.K. “Transcultural
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• Hodes, (2002)
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• Hovey, J.D. & Magana, C.
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• Ingleby, David, Ed. Forced
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• Khamphakdy-Brown, S.,
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• Leanza, Y. (2005) “Roles
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• Lessons from the Field:
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• Multicultural Australia:
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• Papageorgiou,V.
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• Population Division of the
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• Schweitzer, R., Melville,
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• Simich, L., Beiser, M.,
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