ECCV and VMC Mental Health Forum

ECCV and the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) invite you to an online Mental Health Forum on Monday, 29 November 2021 to discuss how to best ensure  reforms to Victoria’s mental health system are inclusive and responsive to the needs of our multicultural communities.

This forum will look at the road ahead for mental health policy-making, mental health system design and service delivery.

Our guest speaker will be Professor Harry Minas, Head of the Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit at the University of Melbourne, who will speak about the Royal Commission Report, reforms, challenges and opportunities for the mental health system in Victoria.

The discussion will be facilitated by Eddie Micallef, ECCV Chairperson and Viv Nguyen, VMC Chairperson.

A Q&A session will give participants the opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback or make observations.

Details:
Monday, 29 November 2021
6:30pm – 8:00pm

This is an online event via Zoom. 

Speaker

Harry Minas

Professor Harry Minas is the Head of the Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit at the University of Melbourne. Dr Minas has worked extensively on post-disaster mental health response, mental health system development and human rights in Asia, and on mental health of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. He has served on multiple Commonwealth and State committees and advisory groups, and has been an adviser to Ministries of Health and Social Affairs in several countries in the region. He was a development partner on the ASEAN Mental Health Taskforce and continues to work with ASEAN on its sustainable development program in non-communicable disease.