LibGuides: Mental Health: CALD

Cultural resources for healthcare providers

Cultural diversity: a guide for health professionals
Includes community profiles, developed for Queensland Health in 2011, for 18 multicultural communities.
Western Australian health care providers' handbook on Muslim patients
This handbook updates and expands on the topics covered in the Queensland handbook, and includes:
• Part 1 - Islamic Values and Health Care
• Part 2 - Mental Health / Cognitive Dysfunction Patients
Health care providers' handbook on Sikh patients
This handbook, developed by Queensland Health in partnership with the Sikh community of Queensland, covers a range of topics including articles of faith, removal of hair, clothing, maternity services, end of life issues, and food requirements.
Health care providers' handbook on Hindu patients
This handbook, developed by Queensland Health with the assistance of the Hindu community of Queensland, covers a range of topics including prayer and meditation, astrological beliefs, karma, fasting, end of life issues, maternity care, and food requirements.
Conversations in cultural responsiveness
This online kit was developed by Victorian Transcultural Mental Health in 2015. Content is built around 4 themes: explore, communicate, recovery and lead.
Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
This nationally funded project provides a focus for advice and support to providers and governments on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Also contains video clips of personal stories.

Culture and religion information sheets

The WA Office of Multicultural Interests published these sheets to provide information on cultural aspects of these seven religions, on topics including 'Food, drink and fasting', 'Body language and behaviour', 'Medical' and 'Counselling and interviews', among others.

Islam

Hinduism

Sikhism

Buddhism

Baha'i

Christianity

Judaism

SA resources

Recent research

Please contact the Library if you would like copies of these articles or additional research on this topic.

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Multilingual resources

Transcultural Mental Health Centre (TMHC), multilingual resources
Includes translated versions of assessments and consumer information.
Working effectively with interpreters
Developed by the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health Centre, this webpage contains links to guidelines, DVD, poster and report.

Books from the Library

Please contact the Library to borrow this and other resources.

Counseling Muslims by Sameera Ahmed (Editor); Mona M. Amer (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415988605
Publication Date: 2011