Reports & Publications

VTMH Publications

Community Engagement with Purpose: A guide for approaching community engagement in mental health setting: Project report.

Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (2023). Community Engagement with Purpose: A guide for approaching community engagement in mental health setting: Project report. Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

VTMH Publications

An integrated approach to diversity equity and inclusion in mental health service provision in Victoria

Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (2021). An Integrated Approach to Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Mental Health Service Provision in Victoria: A Position Paper. Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

VTMH Publications

Recommendations for a culturally responsive mental health system

Plowman, M. & Izzo, S. (2021). Recommendations for a culturally responsive mental health system. Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria & Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

Journal Articles

Breaking the cycle of trauma – Koori parenting what works for us

Gee, G., Lesniowska, R., Santhanam-Martin, R. & Chamberlain, C. (2020). Breaking the cycle of trauma – Koori parenting what works for us. First Peoples Child & Family Review15(2), 45-66.

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Partners in diversity: A transcultural and community mental health collaboration to build organisational cultural responsiveness

De Silva, S. & McDonough, S. (2020). Partners in diversity: A transcultural and community mental health collaboration to build organisational cultural responsiveness. Fitzroy, VIC: Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

Book Chapters

Re-building trust and connectedness in exile: The role of health and social institutions

Santhanam-Martin, R. (2020). Re-building trust and connectedness in exile: The role of health and social institutions. In L. De Haene & C. Rousseau (Eds.), Working with refugee families: Trauma and exile in family relationships (pp. 265-276). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

Recovering from mental illness and suicidal behaviour in a culturally diverse context: The use of digital storytelling

Colucci, E. & McDonough, S. (2020). Recovering from mental illness and suicidal behaviour in a culturally diverse context: The use of digital storytelling. In V. Lo, C. Berry, G. Liping (Eds.), Film and the Chinese medical humanities. London UK: Routledge.

VTMH Publications

Approaching work with interpreters in mental health settings: Project report

Victorian Transcultural Mental Health. (2019). Approaching work with interpreters in mental health settings: Project report. Fitzroy, VIC: Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

Journal Articles

People of immigrant and refugee background sharing experiences of mental health recovery: Reflections and recommendations on using digital storytelling

McDonough, S. & Colucci, E. (2021). People of immigrant and refugee background sharing experiences of mental health recovery: reflections and recommendations on using digital storytelling. Visual Communication, 20(1), 134-156. DOI:10.1177/1470357218820651.

Journal Articles

Vox pop: Cultural diversity and mental health

Katsifis, V., Oehm, D., Di Mezza, S. & Cranfield, D. (2017). Vox pop: Cultural diversity and mental health. New Paradigm. Winter, 27-29.