Australians for Intersectionality & Diversity in Mental Health Updated
We are stronger together
We are a for‑purpose collective working alongside diverse communities to support mental wellbeing, as defined by communities at the intersections themselves. As a national workforce centre for multicultural mental health, we challenge siloed systems and bring people, resources and knowledge together to help shape systems and services that build cultural humility and are responsive to people’s needs.
Recent news
The report from our 2023 community language forum ‘Cultural Diversity – Read the Label!’
Discover community perspectives on the role of cultural labels in mental health and social services.
HeartChat – Find a practitioner who speaks your language
HeartChat is a mental health directory that lists mental health professionals who speak your language and have a similar multicultural background.
Solis Knowledge Library and toolkit. Find inspiration, practical ‘know-how’ or support
The Solis Culture & Mental Health Toolkit (The Toolkit) builds on our initial work in bringing together a directory and collection of resources including organisations, websites, online & in-person services and support resources, Instagram pages, podcasts and research related to living, being, and working in an intersectional and multicultural mental health space.
Dumplings Against Depression
Our annual ‘Dumplings Against Depression’ events bring community members and mental health peers and practitioners together to normalise conversations about mental health, reduce stigma around seeking support and share knowledge across the sector.
Our Solis Network
Meet and Join the Solis Network uplifting multicultural mental health peers, practitioners and leaders
Learn moreOur Knowledge
Our knowledge sharing and gathering space to share and grow collective wisdom and resources
Learn moreOur Impact
Spotlight on our journey and collaborations, including events and reports from over the years
Learn moreAbout Us
Learn about who we are, our values & guiding principles and our approach to intersectional lived experience
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Looking for mental health support?
Find free and low cost help, in your language, near you. We explain each step in plain English.
aidMH’s Research Register
Knowledge should be built on, not buried Updated
By making knowledge more accessible and easier to share, we support greater connection across research, practice and communities. This helps strengthen collaboration, make the most of available resources, and ensure funding is directed where it can have the greatest impact.
New Search 110 Australian reports, studies, data sets and policies about multicultural mental health.
For The Wellbeing of Australia’s Multicultural Communities At The Intersections
Our diverse communities hold deep knowledge, strength and lived expertise that can reshape systems and deliver more effective, culturally responsive outcomes. Connect with us to work together toward brighter futures.
Meet The Network and the team behind aidMH
We’re co-chaired by a Lived Expertise leader and a Clinical Neuropsychologist, and made up of members from a range of disciplines, backgrounds and lenses. Together we work to address inherently harmful power structures in our system and offer depth, balance and cultural insights to improve how the mental health system supports diverse communities.
Niharika Hiremath OAM
Co-Chair & Managing Director (Lived Expertise)
Niharika is a Kannada mental well-being advocate and leader bridging systemic gaps in peer well-being sectors at the intersections. She focuses on diverse multicultural communities, spanning lived expertise, service delivery, leadership, and governance spaces.
Dr Judy Tang OAM
Founding Director & Co-Chair
Judy is a Clinical Neuropsychologist, Director of Invictus Health, Board Director at the Victorian Pride Centre, a former Multicultural Commissioner with the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) and an APS Fellow with over 15 years of clinical, academic and community advocacy experience.
Meet some of the community giving their time, expertise, and passion to this important work
- Marshie Perera Rajakumar
- Narissa Doumani
- Amanda Daluwatta
- Jo Szczepańska
- Candice Peart
- Karen Leong
- Margherita Coppolino
- Maria Dimopoulos AM
aidMH is a Registered Charity Organisation
A donation to aidMH is a meaningful way to support the mental health and wellbeing of diverse Australians. Funds will go towards providing emotional support and capacity-building for mental health Peers and Practitioners while delivering community-led projects. From established migrant communities to newly arrived migrants, people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds and a broad range of perspectives in the intersections – aidMH is for all of us.