Cultural diversity is an important aspect of Australia's community with over 40 per cent of the population either born overseas or with a parent born overseas.
Mental health problems can affect people of all ages, from all cultures and social groups. Studies have highlighted that a variety of factors can act as barriers to people from diverse backgrounds accessing mental health services.
These can include stigma associated with mental illness, lack of knowledge about available services, GP referral patterns, language and cultural barriers and differences in cultural explanations and perceptions surrounding mental health.
Discrimination and cultural factors also play an important role in mental health, particularly in how mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety are experienced and how they affect help-seeking behaviour and access to treatment.
Translated Information on Depression
beyondblue has partnered with Multicultural Mental Health Australia to provide information about depression in a number of languages. This information has been translated by accredited translators with input from mental health professionals and consumers..
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TV, radio and print ads/posters in different languages
TV, radio and print ads/posters are available in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, Italian, Polish and Vietnamese.
Click the relevant language link on the left hand side of this page or the links below to access this material.
Research
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Other Multilingual Information
Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) provides information and services to assist health professionals to communicate with non-English speaking communities. There are over 4000 publications on health in a wide range of languages.
More information on MHCS can be found at http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au
Useful Links
Diversity Health Institute: Link
The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc: Link
Multicultural Mental Health Australia: Link
Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit: Link
Queensland Transcultural Mental Health: Link
Western Australian Transcultural Mental Health Centre: Link
Australian Mental Health Consumer Network: Link
Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia: Link
National Ethnic Disability Alliance: Link
NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors: Link
Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities Inc: Link
Multicultural Information on Depression: Link
Acknowledgements
beyondblue would like to thank the following organisations for their assistance.
* Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA)
* NSW Transcultural Mental Health
* Consumers and Carers who have provided input and comment on the translations
* VicHealth for some images
