Followed 97 young people from refugee backgrounds in Melbourne over their first three years. Feeling they belonged, and not experiencing discrimination, were linked to better wellbeing.
Place: VIC
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Mental Health and Wellbeing for Victoria’s Multicultural Communities Under COVID-19 (Issue Brief)
A brief on how the COVID-19 pandemic hit the mental health of Victoria’s multicultural communities, including temporary visa holders, women and young people. It calls for emergency support for temporary visa holders and trauma-informed, culturally responsive care.
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Recommendations for a Culturally Responsive Mental Health System
Joint recommendations from a peak community body and the state transcultural mental health unit on how Victoria’s reformed mental health system can be culturally safe and responsive.
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Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, Final Report Volume 3: Promoting inclusion and addressing inequities (Chapter 21: Responding to the mental health and wellbeing needs of a diverse population)
Volume 3 of the Royal Commission’s final report looks at fairness and inclusion in Victoria’s mental health system. Chapter 21 covers people from culturally diverse backgrounds, refugees, people seeking asylum and LGBTIQ+ people, and leads to Recommendation 34 on a safe, responsive and inclusive system.
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Diverse Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework 2025–2035 and Blueprint 2025–2028
A ten-year Victorian framework, with a first action plan, to make the mental health system safe and inclusive for multicultural Victorians, LGBTIQA+ Victorians and Victorians with disability. It aims to reduce stigma and discrimination and uses an intersectional approach.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic)
Victoria’s mental health law, which replaced the Mental Health Act 2014. Its principles say services must consider a person’s language, culture, ethnicity and faith and be culturally safe for people of all backgrounds.
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Victorian suicide prevention and response strategy 2024–2034
Victoria’s ten-year, whole-of-government plan to reduce suicide, built around compassionate services and an intersectional approach. Its summary does not single out multicultural, migrant or refugee communities, which is useful context for advocacy.