Linked Victorian hospital and death data for people admitted after self-harm. Overall, CALD patients had lower risk of later suicide and death, but risk varied by region of birth and was as high as non-CALD patients for people with Asian backgrounds.
Topic: Migrants
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Economic Cost of Suicide Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Migrants in Australia
Estimated that the 346 suicide deaths among CALD migrants in 2020 cost Australia about $2.9 billion. The authors call for a national suicide prevention program designed for CALD migrants.
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A suicide research agenda for people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds
A Delphi study with 138 experts, service users and carers that set research priorities for suicide among people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. Top priorities were access to services, risk and protective factors, and culturally appropriate risk assessment.
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A Qualitative Exploration of Sources of Help for Mental Illness in Arabic-, Mandarin-, and Swahili-Speaking Communities in Sydney, Australia
Interviews with Arabic-, Mandarin- and Swahili-speaking communities in Sydney about where people go for help with mental illness. Informal sources of help, such as family and friends, were used more than professional services.
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A scoping review of the use of co-design methods with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to improve or adapt mental health services
A scoping review of how co-design has been used with CALD communities to improve mental health services. It finds that different cultural ideas about mental health shape these partnerships and need to be understood.
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A systematic review of mental health care workers’ constructions about culturally and linguistically diverse people
A systematic review of how mental health workers think about clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The working relationship was most at risk when workers had low cultural competence or ignored race and ethnicity.
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Barriers Accessing Mental Health Services Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Immigrant Women in Australia: Policy Implications
A paper on barriers that stop immigrant and refugee women from using mental health services in Australia. It proposes policy changes, including more culturally responsive services and better social inclusion.
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A qualitative study of barriers to mental health services utilisation among migrants from mainland China in south-east Sydney
Interviews with China-born patients, community members and service providers in Sydney about why Chinese migrants use mental health services less. Barriers included low mental health knowledge, communication problems, stigma, privacy worries and discrimination.
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Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion
A key paper arguing that people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are often left out of Australian mental health research. It sets out steps to make research and evaluation more inclusive.
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Understanding the patterns and predictors of elevated psychological distress among humanitarian migrants compared to the host population: comparative matched analysis using two national data sources from Australia
Compared serious psychological distress in BNLA humanitarian migrants with matched Australian-born adults from the National Health Survey. It identifies which factors predict high distress in each group.