Trancultural Clinical Discussions (TCD) is a service that VTMH offers to mental health clinicians across Victoria. This is not an emergency service.
VTMH does not see a consumer or their family directly and there is usually a one-week to two-week lead-in time to the session.
During these sessions, a clinician and their team can discuss the cultural relevance of a specific consumer’s symptoms and help-seeking behaviours or challenges with engagement.
These sessions last at least 60 minutes and are facilitated by VTMH staff and the referrer (mental health clinician) online or in person. Referrers (mental health clinicians) are expected to coordinate and participate in the Transcultural Clinical Discussion, and complete a referral form.
If you are interested in accessing VTMH’s TCD sessions, please contact VTMH either through email vtmh@svha.org.au or phone (03 9231 3300) and ask to speak to the psychiatry registrar or consultant psychiatrist and we will be in touch.