Reports & Publications

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.

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

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 Review, 15(2), 45-66.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Santhanam-Martin, R., Fraser, N., Jenkins, A. & Tuncer, C. (2017). Evaluation of cultural responsiveness using a transcultural secondary consultation model. Transcultural Psychiatry, 54(4), 488–501.