An online guide for GPs, nurses and other primary care workers caring for people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum. It includes a mental health section for clinicians.
Topic: Refugees and asylum seekers
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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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Suicide & self-harm monitoring: Migrants and refugees
National data on suicide among people who came to Australia as humanitarian entrants and other permanent migrants. Rates were lower than for the whole population but rose with time spent in Australia, and humanitarian entrants had higher rates than other permanent migrants.
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Community-based mental health and wellbeing support for refugees: An Evidence Check rapid review
A review, done for NSW Health, of community programs that support refugees’ mental health in Australia and similar countries. It found promising approaches such as group therapy, education programs, physical activity, peer mentoring and school programs, but the evidence was weak because few programs were well evaluated.
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NSW Refugee Health Plan 2022–2027
The NSW Health plan for improving the health and wellbeing of people from refugee backgrounds. It sets priorities for how the health system should support them.
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National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement
The agreement between the Commonwealth and the states and territories on how mental health and suicide prevention will be funded and run. It names culturally and linguistically diverse communities and refugees as priority groups for better outcomes.
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National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035
Australia’s ten-year national plan to reduce suicide. It notes that people who come to Australia as humanitarian entrants have nearly twice the suicide rate of other permanent migrants, and includes actions on safe workplaces and belonging for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.